Charles Leclerc would like to be able to pressure Max Verstappen on Sunday after he finished second in the Austrian Grand Prix sprint race. The Monegasque initially made a good start in Spielberg, but polesitter Verstappen covered him off going into Turn One, allowing Carlos Sainz to climb up to second. The Spaniard then tried
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Max Verstappen believes that tyre wear will be a much bigger factor in tomorrow’s grand prix than it was in Saturday’s sprint race. The Dutchman put his Red Bull on pole position on Friday with a stunning lap, and he held off the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz on the opening lap before the Spaniard became
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Will Buxton shut down the argument that the FIA are trying to help Red Bull after the stewards made a mistake during qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix. Perez was one of a number of drivers throughout Friday up and down the racing ladder that were looked at for exceeding track limits in Spielberg, with
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Mercedes driver George Russell has received a telling off from the stewards after he walked across the racetrack following his crash during qualifying at the Austrian Grand Prix. Russell and team-mate Sir Lewis Hamilton both lost the back end during the third and final qualifying session and found the barrier at Turn 10 and Turn
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Carlos Sainz Sr suffered a horrendous accident at the Island X-Prix in Sardinia when his car was sent rolling following an incident with Johan Kristofferson. The two-time rally champion was competing in the final of the Island X-Prix for his Acciona | Sainz XE and Kristofferson took a varying route from the other drivers as
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Sergio Perez was disappointed to learn that he had been stripped of P4 after qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix for a track limits violation in the second qualifying session. The Mexican had seen one of his runs in Q2 deleted already, and his best lap as a result was only good enough for P13.
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Sergio Perez has been docked nine positions after his track limits violation during qualifying ahead of the sprint race at the Austrian Grand Prix. Multiple drivers throughout Friday – in Formula 3, 2 and the premier class – had fallen foul of the stewards’ wrath by venturing over the white lines. All it took in
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Sir Lewis Hamilton apologised to his Mercedes team after crashing in qualifying at the Austrian Grand Prix. Hamilton and team-mate George Russell both lost the back end of their W13 cars, and went off into the barrier in the final part of qualifying on Friday, damaging their cars and affecting their starting positions for Saturday’s
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Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko has told Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez that tyre conservation will be vital in Saturday’s sprint race in Austria. Verstappen took P1 with a mighty final sector on his final run in qualifying to beat the Ferrari pair of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, who looked set for a
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Alpine’s Fernando Alonso was hampered by a damaged floor for the majority of qualifying at the Austrian Grand Prix. The double world champion ran over a sausage kerb on the exit of Turn One in the opening qualifying session, but managed to progress all the way to the top 10 shootout. It was a disrupted
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