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Red Bull driver Max Verstappen dominated the F-1 race in Austria and won for the third time in a row. In a race that did not run out of fines for athletes, the Dutch left behind Mercedes driver Walter Bott and McLaren’s Lando Norris.
After the start, the qualification winner M. Verstappen successfully retained the leadership position. L. Norris, for his part, had to defend himself from Sergio Pérez.
When the athletes failed to make it through the first lap, a safety car appeared on the track. The latter was necessary after Estebano Ocono’s car stopped on the track after contact with Antonio Giovinazzi’s car.
As the race continued, Pérez tried to beat L. Norris. The Mexican drifted off the track and fell to tenth place. Meanwhile, L. Norris received 5 seconds for not leaving room for the opponent. bauda.
During the race, Lewis Hamilton managed to overtake L. Norris on the track and climb to second place. After a while, the young Briton was also surpassed by V. Bottas. It is true that the Finns did it during the stopovers.
In the second half of the race, it turned out that L. Hamilton had damaged the underside of his car. As the British pace slowed, he was overtaken and, after a while, overtaken by teammate V. Bott. Mr. Hamilton quickly lost another position to Mr. Norris as well.
With 10 laps to go, Verstappen’s lead over the rivals was so great that Red Bull decided to invite its athlete to another stop. Returning to the track with new tires, the Dutchman probably covered a lap of the track, earning an extra point.
Verstappen crossed the finish line without any difficulty, beating Bott in second place by more than 15 seconds. Meanwhile, L. Norris finished third and climbed the bottom rung of the awards platform.
L. Hamilton finished fourth with a damaged car. Meanwhile, the second Red Bull driver, S. Pérez, crossed the finish line in fifth place, but after applying two of 5 seconds. The fines he received for not vacating Charles Leclerc on two occasions, the Mexican fell to sixth place. So Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz took fifth place. The Spaniard, who was ahead of his teammate C. Leclerc, managed to overtake McLaren driver Daniel Ricciardo at the end of the race, crossing the finish line in seventh place.
AlphaTauri spokesperson Pierre Gasly was the only athlete to use the two-stop tactic to finish in the top ten. The French finished the race ninth. And the last point went to Alpine rider Fernando Alonso, who beat Williams’ George Russell at the end of the race.
The judges imposed two fines not only on Pérez but also on Yuki Tsunoda in today’s race. In contrast to the Mexican, the Japanese two 5 sec. received fines for twice crossing a white line marking the entrance to the service area.
The last test of the race was not without incidents. Coming out of the curve, Kimi Raikkonen blocked S. Vettel’s car. After contact, both athletes met off the track, where they finished the Austrian GP race.
