DRAMA In F1 Verstappen flew out, Russell controversially finished in first place! And Ferrari is close

The fight for the best starting position at the Red Bull Ring was not without controversy. Leclerc and Hamilton sat on top at the end of the third qualifying round, and Max Verstappen had a big accident in front of the finish line. He lost control of the car and ended up in the guard rail before the final turn.

Because of this, it seemed, all the other drivers had to give up their laps. Namely, in those moments the flag was out on the track, which means that all those in the fast lap must slow down. However, in that chaos, the fastest was Mercedes’ George Russell, who was a few seconds behind Verstappen on the track and was the first to pass through the scene of the accident.

The Englishman claims that he had a huge five-tenths advantage at the end of the turn and that he lost three-tenths due to the red flags. In any case, he set the fastest time of the session, while his teammate Kimi Antonelli did not have the opportunity.