GP in Austria, Verstappen wins the Sprint Race. The McLarens of Piastri and Norris on the podium

Max Verstappen wins the Sprint Race of the Austrian Grand Prix, the home race for the Red Bull team. The Dutchman dominates as usual, demonstrating his strength even during the attempts to attack and put pressure on the two McLarens of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris. The Australian finishes second, his British teammate crosses the finish line in third. Fifth and seventh place for the Ferraris of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc, preceded respectively by the Mercedes of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton. Verstappen starts well and defends the first position without problems, dragging behind him the McLarens of Norris and Piastri.

The British driver is very aggressive and during the fifth lap he attacks his Dutch rival, taking the lead by a few meters, which the world champion regains a couple of corners later with a phenomenal counterattack. The Australian takes advantage of all this and jumps into second position at the expense of his teammate. Further back, Sainz’s Ferrari is overtaken by Russell’s Mercedes, after the Spaniard had managed to surprise him with a great overtaking move at the start. The other Red, Leclerc, remains stable in seventh position after gaining three places during the first lap (the Monegasque started tenth). Little or nothing happens in the final stages, Norris approaches Piastri to try to give him the overtaking move back but before the finish line the positions do not change anymore.