Lewis Hamilton was given public a dressing down by team boss Toto Wolff in one of several low points for the Brit – while Max Verstappen cruised to victory at the Austrian Grand Prix.
The championship leader got a lightning start off the line and held off Charles Leclerc across the first few corners. His streak of almost 300 consecutive lap led ended as he pitted to concede the lead to the Ferrari, but he soon was back at the front and sped off into the sunset – his advantage so great that he stopped with two laps to go for fresh soft tyres, purely so that he could set the fastest lap.
Hamilton had enjoyed a good start himself to move into fourth behind the Ferraris. But that was as good as his afternoon got as he was given a penalty for repeatedly exceeding track limits, as he struggled to control his Mercedes.
