- Red Bull driver extends championship lead to 38 points
- Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc now trails by 44 points
Max Verstappen won the sprint race for the Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring. The victory secures the Red Bull driver pole for Sunday’s grand prix. He beat Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz into second and third over the 24-lap race that decides the grid for the GP. George Russell and Lewis Hamilton were fourth and eighth for Mercedes.
The battle at the top of the championship remains between Verstappen, Sergio Pérez and Leclerc. With eight points for the win the Dutchman now leads his Mexican teammate, who was fifth, by 38 points and the Ferrari man by 44.