10:51 AM ET Connor McDonagh Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has hailed Max Verstappen’s ability to manage his tyres on route to winning the Austrian Grand Prix. Max Verstappen has his sights on challenging for the drivers’ title after winning the Austrian Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel says Max Verstappen deserved to win the Austrian
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3:31 PM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has jumped to the defence of the team’s head strategist after the call which cost Lewis Hamilton the lead of the Austrian Grand Prix. ESPN rounds up the main talking points from a dramatic Austrian Grand Prix, where Max Verstappen claimed the win and both
2:54 PM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — Fernando Alonso had a 2017-spec front wing fitted to his McLaren as he made his way from a pit lane start to eighth place at the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday. After teammate Stoffel Vandoorne broke two front wings on Austria’s high kerbs in practice and Alonso broke another
12:22 PM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — Max Verstappen said he could see his tyres “opening up” in the closing stages of the Austrian Grand Prix as he clung on for his first win of the year. Verstappen was propelled into the lead of the race as drama unfolded in front, with Valtteri Bottas retiring and
1:51 PM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — Romain Grosjean admitted Haas did not think it would have been able to beat a Red Bull ahead of qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix. Grosjean qualified sixth in Austria, beating Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo. Haas has been easily the fourth fastest car all weekend and Grosjean thought that
1:16 PM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — Red Bull has sided with Max Verstappen after its two drivers squabbled over track position during qualifying at the Austrian Grand Prix. The internal dispute played out over the team’s pit-to-car radio on Saturday afternoon as both drivers tried to position themselves behind the other in order to gain
12:21 PM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — Sebastian Vettel has been given a three-place grid penalty at the Austrian Grand Prix, dropping him from third to sixth on Sunday’s grid. Vettel was penalised for blocking Renault’s Carlos Sainz on the exit of Turn 1 during the second stage of qualifying, even though both drivers progressed through
2:21 PM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — Renault has played down the impact of its latest engine upgrade, following suggestions it might have unlocked a Q3 “party mode” to rival Mercedes at the Austrian Grand Prix. While the Renault engine’s race performance is not far off class leaders Mercedes and Ferrari, its power deficit in the
1:59 PM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — After his latest session behind the wheel for Williams Robert Kubica joked that the strongest feature of the team’s problematic FW41 is its livery. Austria was the latest in Kubica’s scheduled appearances in a race weekend’s opening practice session. The Pole, who is Williams’ reserve driver for 2018, replaced
5:53 AM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel has questioned Formula One’s decision to add an extra places for artificial overtaking devices to be used during this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix. F1 cars are equipped with a Drag Reduction System (DRS) on the rear wing which helps give a chasing driver a speed boost