11:50 AM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — If the French Grand Prix was a showcase of everything that’s wrong with modern F1, the Austrian Grand Prix proved there is still plenty right with the sport. Despite having the same cars, the same drivers and the same rules, all the ingredients were there: wheel-to-wheel racing, a surprise
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7:27 AM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — F1 race director Michael Masi said it would be unfair to make any comparisons between Max Verstappen’s race-winning move on Charles Leclerc in Austria and the incident that cost Sebastian Vettel victory at the Canadian Grand Prix earlier this month. 2 Related After a lengthy stewards’ investigation, FIA stewards
3:26 PM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has confirmed his team will not appeal the stewards’ decision that ensured Max Verstappen kept victory at the Austrian Grand Prix ahead of Charles Leclerc. 1 Related Leclerc was leading the race with three laps to go when Verstappen overtook him at Turn 3
2:22 PM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — Max Verstappen has kept his remarkable Austrian Grand Prix victory after a stewards’ investigation into his wheel-banging move on Charles Leclerc three laps from the finish came to nothing. Verstappen muscled his way past Leclerc at Turn 3, lunging down the gap the Ferrari driver had left on the
2:29 PM ET Laurence Edmondson Close F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Nate Saunders Close F1 Associate Editor • Previously worked in rugby union and British Superbikes • History graduate from Reading University• Joined ESPNF1 in February 2014 SPIELBERG, Austria — It took a few hours to be confirmed as valid, but
11:52 AM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — Max Verstappen left no doubt about his opinion on his forthcoming visit to the stewards after barging past Charles Leclerc to provisionally win the Austrian GP. Verstappen overtook Leclerc three laps from the finish at the Red Bull Ring, a move which saw the two drivers bang wheels. Leclerc
4:57 AM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — 2+3 usually equals 5, but once penalties are applied Lewis Hamilton will start Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix from fourth on the grid when many assumed he would be fifth. Hamilton was issued a three-place grid penalty for impeding Kimi Raikkonen in Q1 on Saturday, an incident he accepted full
SPIELBERG, Austria — Despite some late drama in its garage, Ferrari managed to secure its third pole position of the season on Saturday. Charles Leclerc was the man to do it as a car issue kept Sebastian Vettel in the garage at the end of Q3. It might not have been the front-row lockout the
12:56 PM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — Championship leader Lewis Hamilton will drop from second to fifth position on the Austrian Grand Prix grid after blocking Kimi Raikkonen during qualifying on Saturday. A slow-moving Hamilton had just emerged from a stint in the pits when he was caught by Raikkonen in the early part of the
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