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China News Service, August 10th. On the evening of the 9th, Beijing time, the F1 70th Anniversary Grand Prix came to an end at Silverstone. Verstappen of the Red Bull Racing Team won the championship with his excellent tire-preserving skills and strategies. Hamilton overtook Bottas in the last few laps to take second place, and Bottas finished third.
After the start of the game, Bottas held the first position, Hamilton second, Verstappen rose one position to third, Hokenberg fell to fourth, behind him is teammate Stoll. Vettel, who started with hard tyres, slipped when cornering and fell to the end of the team.
On lap 14, Verstappen was getting closer and closer to Hamilton. At the same time, the leading Bottas completed a pit stop and changed his tires. After Bottas left the station, he temporarily ranked sixth. One lap later, Hamilton pitted in 2.5 seconds to complete the tyre change, and Verstappen began to lead in front.
On lap 45, Hamilton successfully passed Leclerc and came to third place. At the same time, Hulkenberg pitted and completed 3 stops. Magnussen of the Haas team retired and became the only driver to retire in the race.
In the last few laps of the game, Hamilton kept chasing his teammates in front. On lap 50, Hamilton easily surpassed Bottas on the track and came to second place.
In the end, Verstappen took the lead in crossing the line to win the championship and at the same time won the best driver of the race. Hamilton overtook Bottas in the last few laps to take second place and Bottas third. The Ferrari team’s Leclerc successfully ranked fourth with the one-stop strategy; Alben, Stoll, Hokenberg, O'Con, Norris, and Kvyat were ranked fifth to ten.
In an interview after the race, Verstappen expressed satisfaction with today’s performance: “The pace of the car is very, very strong, and we continue to push forward. Our performance today is great, the correct strategy. I try to constantly put pressure on Mercedes to let They have to get in."
Hamilton also congratulated the Red Bull Racing Team: "Congratulations to Red Bull and Max, they did not have the same tire blistering problem as ours today. It is unexpected, but I believe the team will figure out the problem. I Basically, I can only drive on half of the tire." (End)