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The Mercedes driver took benefit of Max Verstappen and Lando Norris’ crash on lap 63 to assert an unlikely victory.
George Russell has gained the Austrian Grand Prix for Mercedes after three-time world champion Max Verstappen of Crimson Bull and Lando Norris of McLaren collided late within the race whereas battling for the lead.
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri completed second and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz third on Sunday at Spielberg, Austria’s Crimson Bull Ring.
The handed victory was the primary for Mercedes since November 2022, when Russell triumphed in Brazil, and the second of the Briton’s profession.
“It isn’t over till it is over,” shouted the jubilant winner after crossing the checkered flag in a race that remained tense till the ultimate 20 laps, when the battle between Verstappen and Norris spiraled uncontrolled.
A sluggish 6.5-second pit cease for Verstappen on lap 52 introduced Norris again inside vary and within the ensuing duel the McLaren automotive loved a drag-reducing benefit as Norris tried to overhaul.
“The crew did a incredible job getting us into this battle. It’s a must to be there on the finish to choose up the items and that’s the place we had been,” stated Russell earlier than stepping as much as the highest of the rostrum.
“We had been solely 12 seconds behind and I knew it (the collision) was a risk. You at all times dream.”
Russell had began third, with Verstappen on pole and Norris subsequent to him on the entrance row, however victory was awarded to him after 63 of the 71 laps.
Each entrance runners suffered punctures, Norris limped again to the pits and retired, whereas Verstappen recovered to complete fifth behind Mercedes’s seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton.
Crimson Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen (entrance) drives for McLaren’s British driver Lando Norris through the Austrian Grand Prix. The drivers collided on lap 63 of the 71-lap race, giving victory to Mercedes’ George Russell (Joe Klamar/AFP)
Stewards gave the Dutch driver a 10-second penalty for inflicting the collision, but it surely made no distinction to Verstappen’s consequence and he prolonged his championship result in 81 factors over Norris.
Nico Hulkenberg was sixth for Haas, an enormous enhance for that crew, whereas Crimson Bull’s Sergio Perez was seventh and Kevin Magnussen eighth for Haas.
Daniel Ricciardo gave RB two factors in ninth place and Pierre Gasly took the ultimate level for Renault-owned Alpine.
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