Red Bull's Max Verstappen after winning the Austrian Formula One Grand Prix in Spielberg on Sunday.Credit:AP
Red Bull's Max Verstappen won the Austrian Grand Prix for the second year in a row on Sunday, subject to a stewards' investigation, while champions Mercedes lost for the first time this season.
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, starting on pole, finished second after defending hard against Verstappen with the two youngsters banging wheels as the Dutchman forced his way past three laps from the end.
Both 21, the pair were the youngest top two finishers in Formula One history.
Verstappen took the chequered flag at a scenic circuit owned by Red Bull and with thousands of orange-shirted Dutch fans cheering him on, but he faced an anxious wait for confirmation.
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Valtteri Bottas finished third for Mercedes with championship-leading teammate Lewis Hamilton, winner of the previous four races, fifth behind Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel.
Five-times world champion Hamilton remains well in front in the standings, 31 clear of Finland's Bottas after nine of 21 races.
The victory was the first for a Honda-powered car since Britain's Jenson Button won in Hungary in 2006 for the Japanese manufacturer's own team, and a welcome antidote to last weekend's dull French Grand Prix.
It also ended Mercedes's run of 10 wins in a row, and eight this season.
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Red Bull's Max Verstappen after winning the Austrian Formula One Grand Prix in Spielberg on Sunday.Credit:AP
Red Bull's Max Verstappen won the Austrian Grand Prix for the second year in a row on Sunday, subject to a stewards' investigation, while champions Mercedes lost for the first time this season.
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, starting on pole, finished second after defending hard against Verstappen with the two youngsters banging wheels as the Dutchman forced his way past three laps from the end.
Both 21, the pair were the youngest top two finishers in Formula One history.
Verstappen took the chequered flag at a scenic circuit owned by Red Bull and with thousands of orange-shirted Dutch fans cheering him on, but he faced an anxious wait for confirmation.
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Valtteri Bottas finished third for Mercedes with championship-leading teammate Lewis Hamilton, winner of the previous four races, fifth behind Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel.
Five-times world champion Hamilton remains well in front in the standings, 31 clear of Finland's Bottas after nine of 21 races.
The victory was the first for a Honda-powered car since Britain's Jenson Button won in Hungary in 2006 for the Japanese manufacturer's own team, and a welcome antidote to last weekend's dull French Grand Prix.
It also ended Mercedes's run of 10 wins in a row, and eight this season.
"It's hard racing, otherwise Read More – Source
