- World champion tightens grip on drivers’ title race
- Ferrari’s Leclerc finishes second, Sergio Pérez third
Max Verstappen won the Austrian Grand Prix with a controlled execution of superior pace for Red Bull. He beat the Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz into second and fourth, with his teammate Sergio Pérez coming back well from 15th to third. The world champion however demonstrated the advantage he currently enjoys. Having dropped behind both Ferraris, he dispatched them on track with insouciant ease at the Red Bull Ring.
Lando Norris was a very strong fifth for McLaren, Fernando Alonso sixth for Aston Martin and Lewis Hamilton seventh for Mercedes.