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The Austrian Grand Prix has been a mixed bag for Oscar Piastri who, after a P2 finish in Saturday’s Sprint Race ahead of his teammate Lando Norris, managed to set a lap time worthy of P3 in Grand Prix qualifying. However, his lap time was deleted due to a track limits infringement that dropped him…
In an incredible turn of events at the Austrian Grand Prix, George Russell took home his second career victory. The race, changed entirely by a dramatic collision between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris, resulted in the victory getting handed to the Mercedes driver. The dramatic collision between Verstappen and Norris opened the door for the…
Co-author: Chiara Martin The Austrian GP made George Russell a two-time race winner, caused champion leader Max Verstappen to slip back and finish the race in P5, and resulted in Lando Norris retiring his MCL38 from the race entirely. The battle between Verstappen and Norris eventually ended in a controversial collision, and Red Bull’s Helmut…
The 2024 Austrian Grand Prix will be remembered for the contact between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris that took them out of contention for the victory. The Dutchman ultimately finished P5, with Norris retiring. Speaking in his post-race written media session, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner admitted that contact between the pair felt like…
The second qualifying session started with Mitch Evans as the driver to beat, after a strong Free Practice 3. Evans was also yesterday’s pole-sitter and winner, but was served a five-second penalty for a collision with Hughes. Nick Cassidy also looked to make a comeback after a hiccup yesterday, causing him to miss out on…
Andrea Stella has called for changes following contact between Lando Norris and Max Verstappen in the closing laps of the Austrian Grand Prix. A slow second stop and having to be held for Norris opened the race up as Verstappen’s 7s lead was quickly down to less than a second. After late braking moves offensively…
Max Verstappen says his defensive moves against Lando Norris at the closing stages of the Austrian GP were undeserving of the “severe” 10-second time penalty that he got for causing a collision with the McLaren driver on lap 64. Verstappen had led the early and middle stages of the race comfortably, but a slow final…
Lando Norris failed to see the chequered flag at the 2024 Austrian GP after a late collision with Max Verstappen in turn three, which resulted in severe damage to the McLaren and relegated him to not finishing a race that he was so close to taking the lead. After a difficult first couple of stints…
Round two of the double header in Portland commenced with the final 30 minutes of practice for the drivers. They had the final chance to change their set-ups ahead of the qualifying session. After yesterday’s hiccup, Nick Cassidy seemed to have turned a new leaf, setting the third-fastest time, within the first 10 minutes of…
Everyone was on mediums aside from Zhou Guanyu who went for hards. The Chinese driver started in the pits following set-up changes. Verstappen got away well, comfortably leading Norris. The McLaren driver had to defend hard against Russell up to turn 3. Lewis Hamilton cleared Carlos Sainz for 4th but took to the run off….
