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George Russell won nan Austrian Grand Prix – nan melodramatic victor aft a smash that took Lando Norris and Max Verstappen retired of nan reckoning arsenic they duelled for nan lead again and again.
The world champion and his champion mate connected nan grid, Norris, came together connected thigh 64. It took Norris retired of nan race, while Verstappen limped backmost to nan pits, his hopes of triumph wrecked.
Verstappen was handed 10-second punishment for causing nan collision. Norris sewage retired of his McLaren successful nan pit box, his tyre canvas flapping connected his measurement in.
The title came to life connected thigh 51 of 71, erstwhile a slow extremity by Verstappen's unit and a accelerated 1 by Norris's men reduced nan spread betwixt nan 2 to conscionable 3 seconds, not nan 7 it had been. Norris could scent victory.
Verstappen locked up moments later and Norris was moreover person to his prey. Before this, Verstappen, who started connected rod had looked invulnerable.
George Russell took first spot astatine nan 2024 Austrian Grand Prix successful Spielberg connected Sunday
This was Russell's first Grand Prix triumph since 2022 and it came against nan likelihood successful Austria
Lando Norris (pictured successful nan pits) did not decorativeness pursuing a precocious collision pinch Max Verstappen
Norris (left) and Verstappen made interaction during thigh 64 of a what had been a tense battle
Now Norris pressed his claims, trying to activity his measurement into nan DRS zone. He managed it, and attacked astatine Turn 3 – nan spot astatine which they would later travel to grief.
He did not get it correct astatine nan first clip of asking. Verstappen tin instrumentality his elbows retired astatine much pointed angles than immoderate rival pinch his over-my-dead-body defending.
Norris tried a fewer times more, erstwhile taking excessively overmuch gait into nan area arsenic he tried to walk connected nan inside. He ran wide. He concisely took nan lead astatine Turn 3 but Verstappen paid backmost nan DRS instrumentality astatine nan adjacent bend.
Norris was angry, complaining complete nan radio: 'He can't support moving aft I person moved. It is dangerous. We will person a large shunt.'
On to thigh 64, Norris was again pushing hard. He tried to spell down nan extracurricular and collided pinch Verstappen. Bang! All complete for them. The stewards blamed nan world champion for steering into Norris – it was marginal, to opportunity nan slightest – hence nan penalty.
The collision occurred arsenic Verstappen (right) tried to take sides an attempted overtake by Norris
The collision that caused important harm to Norris' car saw Verstappen penalised
British driver Russell had not won a Grand Prix since 2022 anterior to Sunday's triumph successful Austria
Russell was location to prime up nan pieces to declare nan 2nd triumph of his career. Piastri's team-mate Oscar Piastri vanished 2nd and Ferrari's Carlos Sainz third. Lewis Hamilton was 4th and Verstappen fifth, his look for illustration thunder afterwards.
The play and Russell's triumph is conscionable what nan organisers of adjacent Sunday's British Grand Prix would person ordered.
