George Russell recovered from a first-lap collision with Sergio Pérez to finish in 4th place at the Austrian Grand Prix, after initially losing a “second a lap” due to the incident. Russell made an excellent start to the race, and was involved in an opening lap battle with Pérez and Carlos Sainz. However, it all
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Sir Lewis Hamilton had nowhere to go at the start of the Austrian Grand Prix sprint race on Saturday as contact with Pierre Gasly hindered his afternoon. Having crashed in qualifying on Friday, the seven-time champion qualified in ninth, but got a poor start as 10th-placed Gasly and 11th-placed Alex Albon came up alongside him.
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff believes Haas had an advantage over the Silver Arrows at the Austrian Grand Prix due to their pace in a straight line. The Red Bull Ring is predominantly a power track, so it requires good engine performance as well as a chassis catered to pace in a straight line, and
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The stewards have once again made themselves the centre of attention at this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix with a series of confusing calls. Multiple drivers in Formula 1, 2 and 3 had been given penalties on Friday for exceeding track limits, and there had been a lot of deleted laps in qualifying for the sprint
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FIA president Mohammed ben Sulyem was on the receiving end of some agitation from Formula 1 fans after his message to Sir Lewis Hamilton and George Russell following qualifying in Austria. Both Russell and Hamilton lost the rear of their Mercedes cars and slammed into the barrier during Friday’s qualifying session to set the grid
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The Mercedes F1 Team and George Russell in particular have managed to avoid what would’ve been a costly penalty at the Austrian Grand Prix, after it was revealed that the Brit had used a different wing-spec for Saturday’s Sprint race. Russell finished a superb 4th in the Sprint, meaning he will line-up from there for
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Red Bull’s Sergio Perez has laid the blame firmly at Mercedes driver George Russell’s door after the pair collided on the opening lap of the Austrian Grand Prix. The Mexican had started fifth behind Russell after recovering from P13 in the sprint on Saturday, and he was attempting to go around the outside of the
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George Russell did not have a lot of sympathy for Sergio Perez after the Mexican was penalised after qualifying at the Austrian Grand Prix. The 32-year-old had crossed the white line on the run that got him into the final part of qualifying, but the stewards did not notice it until Q3 was about to
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has gone into detail about the work that was going on in the garage overnight to get the cars fixed after a tough qualifying. Both George Russell and Sir Lewis Hamilton crashed during the final phase of qualifying on Friday to set the grid for the sprint race on Saturday,
MoreMercedes 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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