Redbull’s Max Verstappen won the F1 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone, England on Sunday defeating Mercedes’s Lewis Hamilton, bringing the Mercedes domination to an end. The 22-year-old Dutch racer’s astute strategy and tyre management got his 9th career win and Redbull’s first win in the circuit since 2012.
Hamilton, who finished second, equalled Micheal Schumacher’s 155 podium finish record while his teammate Bottas came in third. Redbull’s decision to start Verstappen with harder compound tyres worked well against Mercedes who faced tyre blistering issues at 40 degree Celcius track temperature. Mercedes had won the previous 4 races and taken every pole.
YESS BOYSS!! I’m incredibly happy with this win, I didn’t see this one coming! 💪 Thanks to @redbullracing and @HondaRacingF1 for their continued hard work 👏 Now let’s celebrate and hydrate🏆🍾👏 #KeepPushing # F170 🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/hpymhkoq79
— Max Verstappen (@Max33Verstappen) August 9, 2020
“I didn’t see it coming, but after the first stint we seemed really good on tyres and we didn’t have many tyres issues at all. It is a great result to win here and I am incredibly happy. We have not had an opportunity to push them so far this season. We need to use soft tyres – that seems to suit our car,” said Verstappen.
