Max Verstappen won the Sprint Race of the Austrian GP, his third of the season, thanks to an excellent defence from the attacks of Norris in the initial phase of races and a rocky pace during the rest of the race. Excellent race for Oscar Plates who managed to overtake his teammate after the attack of Norris are Verstappen. The Ferrari and the Mercedes they lapped at practically identical times and in the end Russell managed to prevail over Sainz, Hamilton it’s a Leclerc forced to do lift and coast throughout the race after an excellent first lap which took him from tenth to seventh place.
The race was shortened by one lap, going from 24 to 23, for a photographer who had placed himself in an unsafe position in the first sector and forced the race director to abort the first start and have the pilots do another formation lap. One less lap and one less photographer for the Austrian GP Sprint Race Therefore. Leaving Charles Leclerc he managed to overtake the two with an excellent shot Alpine to then also overcome Perez during the first lap. Good first lap too Sainz which he managed to overcome Russell in the first lap. In front Plates he tried to attack Norrisbut without success while Verstappen He managed to maintain the first position he gained yesterday with a good start.
In the fifth round Norris he managed to overtake with a fantastic braking in turn 3 Verstappenbut the Dutchman overtook him in turn 4 thanks to an equally extraordinary braking performance. Plates ha took advantage of the situation to overtake his teammate exiting turn 4 and trying to attack Verstappen on the next lap, but once again the Dutchman managed to stay in front. Further back Russell successfully attacked the Ferrari Of Sainz regaining fourth place.
The rest of the race went by without any particular upheavals, except for an overtaking by Hulkenberg are Alonso in turn 3 which took the Spaniard off the track causing him to also lose fifteenth position to the detriment of Ricciardo. The attack has been placed under investigation and will be investigated after the race (Edit: Hulkenberg was given a 10 second penalty. Due to the penalty he dropped from fourteenth to nineteenth position). The victory therefore once again went to Max Verstappen, who has won every seasonal Sprint Race so far. There lotta interna in casa McLaren It certainly helped Verstappen to win, but Norrisextremely disappointed at the end of the race, certainly had the opportunity to win if he had defended himself better in turn 4. Second place therefore went to Oscar Piastriable to take advantage of the aforementioned struggle between Norris e Verstappen. The remaining positions in the points were occupied by Russell, Sainz, Hamilton, Leclerc e Perez. The Mercedes and the Ferrari they ran at identical tempos to each other, but slightly slower than Verstappen and the McLaren. Perez instead he did not show pace, proving to be by far the slowest among the drivers of the top 4 teams. Alpine they paid for a bad start which caused both drivers to lose 3 positions to the detriment of Leclerc, Magnussen e Stroll. The Canadian was once again faster than a disastrous Alonso finished sixteenth.
Below is the complete ranking at the end of the event Sprint Race del GP d’Austria.
