F1 Today | Charles Leclerc wins British GP, Max Verstappen 'fed up' after crash

Charles Leclerc is absolutely delighted to be back on the top step of the podium, having claimed his first victory in almost two years after Kimi Antonelli suffered a major technical issue that dropped him out of the points at the British GP.

With a 10-lap tyre offset in the closing stages, Antonelli was reeling the Monegasque in and looked favourite to secure the victory before damage to his wheel shield forced him into the pits.

Antonelli initially struggled to keep his car on track and was given a five-second penalty. The race also finished behind the Safety Car after Max Verstappen's spun into the gravel, meaning Antonelli could not build the gap needed to those behind him and was demoted to P16. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has suggested the team may look to appeal that penalty for Antonelli given the circumstances.

While Leclerc was understandably delighted to secure the victory, the Ferrari driver knew Antonelli was set to cause him trouble before he encountered problems.

Speaking after his win, Leclerc said: "It feels incredible. Unfortunately the end was maybe not the one I would have dreamt of. To win after the last few weekends that have been particularly difficult. All the work we put in to try to get the feeling back in the car, felt like I found something yesterday after the Sprint. But I had to confirm it today. Today the feeling was back where it needs to be. I'm so incredibly happy.

Joining Leclerc on the podium were George Russell and Lewis Hamilton, the latter avoiding a post-race penalty after an alleged yellow flag infringement.

Meanwhile, Max Verstappen has said he is "fed up" after a late accident at the British GP denied him a podium at Silverstone - Verstappen was on course for a P3 finish before he spun on Lap 48 at Stowe.

Verstappen suffered a similar accident at Austrian GP Qualifying last week, with the four-time world champion confirming it was a similar issue - that of his rear wing not fully reattaching - that was the cause of the Silverstone crash on Sunday.

Verstappen told media, including GPblog: "Yeah like Austria but a different fault but lets say it had the same outcome so again, while turning into the corner, the rear wing is not fully attaching and you lose a lot of downforce with that - so spin off the track."

The Red Bull driver later added: "Well at that point it's super dangerous because you can really hurt yourself two times. I was lucky in Austria, I was lucky here but that's why you get really fed up with it."

Responding to Verstappen's comments, Red Bull boss Laurent Mekies said the Dutchman was "right to be unhappy," while also explaining why the Milton Keynes team chose not to take on Verstappen's requests to change set up prior to the race amid his unhappiness with the RB22's balance.

Mekies said: "Look, he's right not to be happy. It is very unusual. It is very unpleasant for drivers to be let down by the car in high speed corners in two consecutive races, let it be for two different reasons.

On Verstappen's set up requests, which would have seen the Dutchman start from the pit lane at Silverstone, Mekies told GPblog and others: "After qualifying it was clear we were not very happy with the balance of the car to say the least and changing the setup of the car would simply mean starting from the pit lane.