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Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix 2024 - Results
JCPhoenix is out today, so I went ahead and filled in!
Bad day for Red Bull on their own track. Max messed up, and Checo is a bit of a Haas sandwich!
Provisional Race Results -- SPOILER
POS | NO | DRIVER | CAR | LAPS | TIME/RETIRED | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 71 | 1:24:22.798 | 25 |
2 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren Mercedes | 71 | +1.906s | 18 |
3 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 71 | +4.533s | 15 |
4 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 71 | +23.142s | 12 |
5 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT | 71 | +37.253s | 10 |
6 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas Ferrari | 71 | +54.088s | 8 |
7 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT | 71 | +54.672s | 6 |
8 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas Ferrari | 71 | +60.355s | 4 |
9 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | RB Honda RBPT | 71 | +61.169s | 2 |
10 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine Renault | 71 | +61.766s | 1 |
11 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 71 | +67.056s | 0 |
12 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine Renault | 71 | +68.325s | 0 |
13 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes | 70 | +1 lap | 0 |
14 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB Honda RBPT | 70 | +1 lap | 0 |
15 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams Mercedes | 70 | +1 lap | 0 |
16 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Kick Sauber Ferrari | 70 | +1 lap | 0 |
17 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Kick Sauber Ferrari | 70 | +1 lap | 0 |
18 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes | 70 | +1 lap | 0 |
19 | 2 | Logan Sargeant | Williams Mercedes | 69 | +2 laps | 0 |
20 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren Mercedes | 64 | +7 laps | 0 |
Fastest lap: Fernando Alonso
Source: F1.com
I haven't read any punditry about this yet, but if I was Lando I wouldn't feel too bad about the result because it is setting up better results in the future. One of the features of Max's career, before he had such a dominant car, is that it was clear that he would do risky things that could result in contact. This would make many other drivers give him a wide berth which slows them down and is a huge advantage.
So maybe if Max knows that Lando isn't afraid to take both cars out, he won't be so aggressive in blocking.
I did listen to some of the post-race commentary and it seems that some of the commentators have forgotten how Max won his first WDC.
To me, Max is Lewis from 2021 and Lando is the new Max. I'm excited to see how the rest of the season plays out. It's great that there are 4 (well, 3.5) teams in the hunt for podiums now!