Purple Bull's Max Verstappen overtook the McLarens of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris to win the dash race on the Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday. Verstappen held the lead from the beginning however was quickly overtaken by Norris and briefly moved to P1 with a daring overtake, however moments later the reigning world champion regained his place in a tussle that allowed Piastri to overhaul his teammate. Behind the highest three drivers, who maintained that formation till the chequered flag regardless of some extra thrilling moments, George Russell and Lewis Hamilton overtook Carlos Sainz, adopted by the recovering Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez.
Sainz overtook Russell with an outstanding transfer across the exterior of Flip 4, leaving Hamilton in sixth place forward of the fast-moving Leclerc, Perez, Kevin Magnussen and Lance Stroll – with the Alpine staff of Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly rounding out the highest 10 locations.
With Piastri behind him, Norris continued his assault, climbing the timesheets to shut in on Verstappen and, on the fifth lap, boldly drove his automobile up the within of the Purple Bull at flip three, slowing the automobile on the apex to take the lead.
However there was extra pleasure to observe as Verstappen reacted strongly into Flip 4, the place Norris' exit blocked him and Piastri managed to get forward of his teammate, whereas Sainz, each Mercedes drivers and Leclerc all watched.
Talking about his efficiency after the dash, Verstappen stated, “I’d say it was a very good first lap, however then as soon as the DRS opens it turns into very tough to get out of it – (it) took just a few laps. There have been some thrilling battles, however I feel as soon as we cleared the DRS I may have paced my race a bit extra and all of it felt a bit higher.
“You may see that they [McLaren] I’ve two automobiles which might be going full throttle and undoubtedly making an attempt to make it tough for me, and we needed to work arduous for it in that race. There are some things to consider the place we are able to do higher, particularly for tomorrow. I feel tomorrow may even be an extended race and there might be extra stress on the tyres, so will probably be very attention-grabbing to see the way it develops,” he added.
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