Did victory go begging for Antonelli at Silverstone?

“We are not in a very good place, huh?”

That was a part query, part statement from Charles Leclerc on Lap 38 of the British Grand Prix. He’d controlled the race from the start, ceding the lead only around the pit stops, and was just 14 laps from home — 14 laps from his first victory in almost two years, and 14 laps from his first Silverstone win.

But his race-long antagonist, Kimi Antonelli, was three laps into his second stint and closing fast.