The F1 2021 action in the Red Bull Ring continues with the Austrian Grand Prix and all eyes whether Max Verstappen's newly found fight for the title continues.
Verstappen starts on the pole position and leads away from Lando Norris at the start of the race but with a lap elapsed, trouble comes in when Esteban Ocon got sandwiched in Turn 3. Lap 4 saw Sergio Perez dropped to 10th place drastically when his fight against Norris ended up pushed to the gravel for the Red Bull driver. As the race intensifies, Norris got a five-second penalty for his incident with Perez, losing his second-place spot to Lewis Hamilton. Come Lap 43, Perez is also penalized for five seconds in the said incident in Lap 4. As the race nears its climax, it's personal.
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As always, there's no stopping Verstappen now. He won the Austrian Grand Prix with Valtteri Bottas finished 2nd and Lando Norris finished 3rd. Other finishers include Lewis Hamilton, Carlos Sainz, Sergio Perez, Daniel Ricciardo, Charles Leclerc, Pierre Gasly, and Fernando Alonso.
Post-Austria, Verstappen extends his lead to 32 points, 182 vs. Hamilton's 150.
The next race will be at Silverstone for the Pirelli British Grand Prix on the 18th of July, 2021.
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