Russell was joined on the podium by McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz.Verstappen’s first issue was a near-miss with Norris as he exited his pitbox in the first cycle of stops, but stewards decided it wasn’t worthy of a penalty.A slow second stop for Verstappen put Norris right on hisContinue Reading
George Russell won Formula 1’s 2024 Austrian Grand Prix that was transformed dramatically when long-time leader Max Verstappen collided with long-time pursuer Lando Norris.The Red Bull and McLaren pair made contact at the Red Bull Ring’s tight, uphill Turn 3 with seven laps of the 71-lap contest, Norris having dramaticallyContinue Reading
Formula 1 drivers have come out in favour of the FIA’s track limits experiment at the Austrian Grand Prix.At Turn 9 and 10, which was the site of over 1200 track limits offences last year, the FIA and the Red Bull Ring have installed narrower kerbs bordered by strips ofContinue Reading
Oscar Piastri’s spectacular post-Austrian Grand Prix qualifying rant has put the focus back on Formula 1’s track limit problem at the Red Bull Ring.This reached a farcical point in 2023, when the FIA was unable to police about 1,200 potential track limits abuses during the main race, before the governingContinue Reading
Carlos Sainz’s Formula 1 options for 2025 could be narrowing, with teams that have been holding on for him to make a call on his future now assessing other routes.The Spaniard has been weighing up for weeks clear offers he has from both the Sauber/Audi team and Williams for nextContinue Reading
Those hoping that Max Verstappen’s challengers would use the three-hour tinkering time between the Austria sprint race and grand prix qualifying to close the gap might feel, to put it lightly, a little downbeat.A frisson of excitement permeated the Red Bull Ring on Saturday as the field was compressed withinContinue Reading
RB Formula 1 driver Yuki Tsunoda has been handed a 40,000 euro fine for using offensive remarks during Austrian Grand Prix qualifying.Towards the end of Q1 at the Red Bull Ring Tsunoda was overtaken in the pitlane by Sauber’s Zhou Guanyu, and responded by saying “these guys are f***ing retards”Continue Reading
McLaren’s protest against Oscar Piastri’s Formula 1 penalty for an alleged track limits infringement during Austrian Grand Prix qualifying has been rejected by the FIA stewards because it was inadmissible.The Woking-based team had lodged a formal complaint against the results of qualifying because it was unhappy that Piastri had been penalisedContinue Reading
Max Verstappen has escaped punishment for driving unnecessarily slowly ahead of his final lap in 2024 Austrian Grand Prix Formula 1 qualifying.The Red Bull driver took a commanding pole position at his team’s home track on Saturday afternoon but was swiftly placed under investigation for going so slowly out ofContinue Reading
McLaren has protested the result of qualifying for Formula 1’s Austrian Grand Prix after feeling that Oscar Piastri’s track limits penalty could not be proved beyond reasonable doubt.Piastri lost his third place on the grid for Sunday’s race after the FIA deemed that he had breached track limits at TurnContinue Reading