We didn’t have high hopes of an exciting event at the Red Bull Ring heading into last weekend. Verstappen and Red Bull have been impressive around the Austrian track in recent years and the straightline speed of the RB18 raised fears of a processional race and dominant victory for the reigning champion. But we were wrong.
As Matt Kew shows in our in-depth report, some of Ferrari’s 2022 weaknesses were still apparent in the Austrian Grand Prix but the F1-75 excelled on two crucial elements, race pace and tyre preservation. Leclerc, one of the undoubted stars of the season, was also brilliant once again and his first pass on Verstappen, not to mention later dealing with a throttle problem, was impressive.
