Max Verstappen delivered victory in the Austrian Grand Prix sprint race while barely raising a sweat. The Red Bull driver secured a dominant victory from pole to flag at his team’s home race at the Red Bull Ring, while behind him Ferrari’s challenge once more turned into an intra-team scrap that the Scuderia must resolve if they are to have any chance of taking the fight to the Dutchman on Sunday.
Verstappen beat Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz into second and third over the 24-lap race that decides the grid for Sunday’s main event. In doing so he has further extended his lead in the drivers’ standing. George Russell and Lewis Hamilton were fourth and eighth for Mercedes, for whom this was a rescue race after a disastrous qualifying session on Friday and they duly put in a herculean effort to ensure their drivers have a shot on Sunday.
