Reigning F1 champ Verstappen riding high a year on from Silverstone low

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Silverstone marked a low point on Max Verstappen's road to last year's Formula One title but the Red Bull driver is riding higher than ever ahead of this weekend's British Grand Prix.

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The championship leader is 46 points clear of Mexican teammate Sergio Perez after six wins from nine races, with Red Bull now chasing a seventh success in a row — something they last managed in 2013.

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner accused Hamilton of putting his driver's life at risk while Verstappen slammed the Briton's podium celebrations as unsporting and disrespectful. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, with a fresh power unit installed at the previous race in Canada, and Carlos Sainz are likely to be his main rivals on Sunday.

Hamilton has not won for 10 races and another defeat would be the longest drought of a Formula One career that started at McLaren in 2007 and in which he has won at least once every year.

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