Formula 1: Max Verstappen Wins 70th Anniversary Grand Prix At Silverstone To Secure Red Bull's Maiden Season Win

Verstappen who started the race at No.4 on the grid crossed the finish line first beating Lewis Hamilton and his Mercedes compatriot Valtteri Bottas. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc secured the fourth place and Red Bull's Alexander Albon ended the race at the fifth spot.

Red Bull's ace Formula One driver Max Verstappen finally ended Mercedes winning juggernaut in the delayed 2020 Formula One season as he became the first non-Mercedes driver to stand atop the podium this season after winning the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Siverstone racing circuit in Great Britain. Verstappen beat both the the inform Mercedes drivers, current world champion Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas after putting out a spendid display of racing at the Grand Prix. Verstappen who started the race at No.4 on the grid crossed the finish line first beating Lewis Hamilton and his Mercedes compatriot Valtteri Bottas. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc secured the fourth place and Red Bull's Alexander Albon ended the race at the fifth spot. Verstappen defied the usual norm of starting the race on soft tyres as he was the lone driver inside the Top 10 to start the race on hard tyres and eventually win the same , as per a report on Formula One's official website. Placed at No.4 on the starting grid, Verstappen moved his way upto P3 by Turn 1, after he made a clever maneuver to leapfrog Racing Point driver Nico Hulkenberg.

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The Red Bull driver then exerted pressure on the two Mercedes driver who were well placed at 1-2 on the grid and leading the race in the first few laps. Verstappen then overtook Bottas with a brilliant move around Luffield, before clinching the Grand Prix to secure his first victory since the Brazilian GP last year. The win at Silverstone also happened to be Red Bull's first at the British F-1 circuit since 2012. Verstappen last win came in Brazil in the penultimate race of 2019 F-1 season . Hamilton enjoyed a late-race surge, passing his teammate with two laps to go to claim second place -- equaling the number of podium finishes of Michael Schumacher in the process. Meanwhile,  it was the second time in three years that Bottas failed to convert a Silverstone pole into a win, as he came home third.