Austrian GP: Lando Norris wins after withstanding Oscar Piastri strain as Max Verstappen retires on first lap | F1 Information
Lando Norris withstood two sustained intervals of strain from team-mate Oscar Piastri to assert a vital win over his title rival within the Austrian Grand Prix and get his F1 world championship bid again on observe.
In a race the place reigning champion Max Verstappen retired on the primary lap after being spun out by Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli, the McLaren drivers dominated the battle for victory across the Purple Bull Ring – with Norris finally prevailing to chop Piastri’s lead over him to fifteen factors heading into his dwelling British GP this coming week.
A fortnight after hitting the again of his team-mate in Canada, polesitter Norris capped a nice bounce-back weekend within the Styrian hills by combating off his team-mate’s problem within the first stint because the McLarens went wheel-to-wheel after which conserving his cool to remain forward as Piastri got here again at him into the closing laps.
However Verstappen is now 61 factors off the tempo approaching the season’s midway mark after his race on Purple Bull’s dwelling observe lasted a mere three corners earlier than he was spun out at Flip Three after a mistake from Antonelli.
Charles Leclerc capped an improved weekend for Ferrari by taking third for his and their fourth podium end of the yr, ending 9 seconds forward of team-mate Lewis Hamilton, whose await a primary podium on the Scuderia goes on to Silverstone this coming week.
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There was chaos in the beginning of the Austrian Grand Prix as Kimi Antonelli crashed into Max Verstappen on the opening lap
The 50-degree observe temperatures in Austria uncovered Montreal victors Mercedes’ Achilles’ heel once more as George Russell got here dwelling 33 seconds behind fourth-placed Hamilton in fifth – and a full minute behind the race winner.
Liam Lawson took a nice sixth for Racing Bulls as Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso simply held off Gabriel Bortoleto for seventh, the Brazilian rookie claiming his maiden F1 factors on the eleventh try after a nice weekend.
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Oscar Piastri goes deep into Flip 4 and narrowly escapes one other team-mate collision with Lando Norris
Nico Hulkenberg made it a double celebration for Sauber by racing from twentieth on the grid to ninth, whereas Esteban Ocon received a ding-dong battle for the ultimate level within the Haas.
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