It has lengthy seemed like Sunday’s Components 1 race for the Austrian GP can be much like Saturday’s dash. Max Verstappen performed the beginning finest and commenced to flee his rivals. The Purple Bull Racing driver managed the scenario and after a couple of laps had a 3-second benefit over Lando Norris.
Later within the race, regardless of having a protected lead, Verstappen started to get irritated. “I do not know what occurred, however the tires out of the blue grew to become very weak,” he reported after nearly an hour of racing. On the identical time, nevertheless, Norris was far behind. The McLaren driver was about 7-8 seconds behind.
The Dutchman’s second pit-stop was vital for the destiny of the race. Issues with altering the wheel meant that his cease lasted 6.5 seconds. – Oh my God – commented the 26-year-old eloquently, and at that second Norris decreased the hole to lower than 3 seconds. After some time, the Briton bought inside lower than a second and will use DRS usually.
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– There’s one thing improper with the automobile – the present world champion was annoyed, beneath stress from his rival. On lap 59, the McLaren consultant launched an assault on Verstappen and took the lead for a second, however not solely did he go off the observe, however the Dutchman additionally had the next velocity in the midst of the nook. That is why the Dutchman shortly regained first place.
After 5 laps we had a repeat, however this time Verstappen was on the facet of the highway. – He ought to give me his place again! – Norris was indignant, and a second later he repeated the assault. It ended with contact between the Purple Bull and McLaren vehicles. – Good – commented the Dutchman, who needed to attain the pit lane on simply the rim. Main harm occurred to the Briton’s automobile, which ended his participation within the Austrian GP.
The stewards had no drawback in figuring out the perpetrator for the collision. Verstappen acquired a 10-second penalty, however it had no impact on his end result, as a result of his benefit over the following driver was a lot better.
– You possibly can win this race! – George Russell heard from Toto Wolff on the finish of the Austrian GP. It was the Briton who was the most important winner of the collision of the race leaders, as a result of he out of the blue discovered himself within the lead. Oscar Piastri was raging behind him, however the younger Australian didn’t have sufficient time to overhaul his rival from Mercedes.
Charles Leclerc additionally didn’t rating factors within the Austrian GP, as a result of the Ferrari driver had contact together with his rivals instantly after the beginning and misplaced his entrance wing. This meant that, paradoxically, Verstappen once more elevated his benefit over his rivals within the common classification, as a result of he completed fifth.
F1 – Austrian GP – race – outcomes:
Poz.KierowcaZespółCzas/strata 1George RussellMercedes71 okr.2Oscar PiastriMcLaren+1.9063Carlos SainzFerrari+4.5334Lewis HamiltonMercedes+23.1425Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing+37.2536Nico HulkenbergHaas+54.0887Sergio PerezRed Bull Racing+54.6728Kevin MagnussenHaas+1:00.3559Daniel RicciardoVisa Money App RB+1:01.16910Pierre GaslyAlpine+1:01.76611Charles LeclercFerrari+1:07.05612Esteban OconAlpine+1:08.32513Lance StrollAston Martin+1 okr.14Yuki TsunodaVisa Money App RB+1 okr.15Alexander AlbonWilliams+1 okr.16Valtteri BottasStake F1 Workforce+1 okr.17Guanyu ZhouStake F1 Workforce+1 okr.18Fernando AlonsoAston Martin+1 okr.19Logan SargeantWilliams+2 okr.20Lando NorrisMcLarennie ukończył
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