Charles Leclerc wins British Grand Prix as Max Verstappen crash causes late Silverstone chaos

Charles Leclerc has won Sunday's British Grand Prix amid chaos during the last laps which saw the contention extremity down the information car.

Heading into the closing stages of the race, Championship person Kimi Antonelli was favourite to adjacent down Leclerc, who had been successful beforehand for the bulk of the Grand Prix astatine Silverstone.

However, an contented relating to the Italian's front-left instrumentality connected his Mercedes led to him dropping down the field, leaving Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton successful a Ferrari one-two.

That vantage was wiped retired erstwhile Max Verstappen spun retired with 5 laps remaining, resulting successful a information car being deployed.

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Leclerc and Hamilton chose to pit for caller tyres, with George Russell staying retired successful his Mercedes which was adjacent capable to Hamilton to determination into second.

Although it initially appeared that a last-lap shootout would ensue which would heavy favour Hamilton, the information car stayed retired to the astonishment and disappointment of everyone barring Leclerc.

Therefore, Leclerc was near to observe his archetypal Grand Prix triumph since 2024, with Hamilton near to rue his past pit halt arsenic helium saw Russell someway gain 2nd successful a contention wherever helium had earlier had to pit for a dilatory puncture.

Lando Norris, Isack Hadjar, Liam Lawson, Arvid Lindblad and Gabriel Bortoleto finished up of the ninth-placed Antonelli.

Instead, the 19-year-old volition driblet retired of the points due to the fact that of a harsh five-second punishment for breaching way limits astatine a slower velocity erstwhile dealing with issues with his car.

As a result, Franco Colapinto and Pierre Gasly marque up the apical 10.

How does F1 Championship look aft British Grand Prix?

The Formula 1 Championship is good and genuinely live again with Russell present wrong 25 points of person Antonelli.

Hamilton is besides present wrong 32 points, portion Leclerc has reduced the shortage to Antonelli to 71 points with a contention win.

Norris and Oscar Piastri - who finished extracurricular the apical 10 astatine Silverstone - are 5th and sixth respectively, but defending champion Norris is 82 points down Antonelli.