Max Verstappen admits he was surprised to pull off a victory🦩 at Formula 1’s 70th Anniversary Grand Prix, beating both Mercedes drivers in the process.

Starting on the Hard compound tyre, the Red Bull driver was able to better manage his tyres compared to the Medi𒈔um-shod Mercedes driver🍌s and pulled clear of the pair when they pitted earlier.

Verstappen quickly battled past Valtteri Bottas following his own stop before switching back to the Mediums ⛎six laps later as Red Bull stopped for the second time on the same lap as Bottas.

The Dutchman him𒁃self back in the lead when the long-running Lew🐬is Hamilton finally pitted for a second time in the closing stages and went on to secure Red Bull’s first win at Silverstone since 2012.

"I didn't see it coming," Verstappen said.

"But you after the first stint, it seemed like we were really good on tyres. Of course that is a question mark, how Mercedes is going to g🔯o on the hard tyre.

"We had a lot of pace in the car, I didn't really have a lot of tyre issues at all. We just kept pushing, and [it's] an incredible result of cours𝓀e to win here🥂.

"We had a great day. I think everything worked out well we had the right strategy. Everything was running smoothly. I w🎃as incredibly 💮happy to win.”

Vཧerstappen explained he was desperate not to let a rare opportunity to beat Mercedes slip through his fingers.

"We so far [this season] didn't really have an opportunity in all the races to push them, and꧙ I could see we were pushing them,” he sღaid.

"So I tried to put the pressure on. They had to🍃 pit, and from then onwards, I could do my own pace, and basically built that that advantage to the end.”

With his first vic🐟tory of the season, Verstappen has now leapfrogged Bo🐲ttas in the drivers’ championship standings to move 30 points behind leader Hamilton.

Asked whether he thinks Red Bull has a car capable of beating Mercedes at next weekend’s S♎panish Grand Prix, Verstappen replie🍸d: "I don't know, I think we do need to use soft tyres, that seems to suit our car.

"But we'll see again in Barcelona. I think at th💙e moment, we are just very happy that we just won."