Absolute ruler and in Austrian Grand Prix The Max Fertappen!
The World Champion, who started from pole position, was the first to see her and indeed with typical comfort checkered flag on Spielberg’s circuit and the “home” of Red Bull, thus celebrating it fifth consecutive win and seventh overall in the first 9 Grand Prix of this season!
The “Flying” Dutchman really was undefeated in this three-day period, as in addition to the pole position, but also the Sprint race, he also won the Grand Prix and in fact with the best time! At the same time, with this victory he made history, after reaching 42 in his career, surpassing in 5th place the legend of Formula 1, Ayrton Senna.
Indicative of Verstappen’s psychology, was the fact that two laps before the finale and while he was 23 seconds ahead of Leclerc, he entered the pits to put on the soft rubber and chase the extra point of the fastest lap!
In second place finished o Charles Leclerc, with the Ferrari driver having a good race, but not being able to match Max at any point in the race. The podium was completed by the other Red Bull driver, Sergio Perez, o who with excellent driving and strategy climbed to the podium and while he had started from 15th place.
The first five were completed by Carlos Sainz and Lando Norriswith Fernando Alonso finishing 6th and the two Mercedes of Hamilton and Russell following in 7th and 8th respectively.
The final ranking:
Source: Sport Fm
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