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‘It is not over till it is over,’ says Mercedes’ George Russell, the 26-year-old Brit who turned the beneficiary of a collision between leaders Max Verstappen and Lando Norris
George Russell received the Austrian Grand Prix for Mercedes on Sunday, June 30, after Crimson Bull’s triple world champion Max Verstappen and McLaren’s Lando Norris collided late within the race whereas preventing for the lead.
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri completed second with Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz third at Spielberg’s Crimson Bull Ring.
The gifted win was a primary for Mercedes since November 2022, when Russell triumphed in Brazil, and the second of the Briton’s profession.
“It’s not over till it’s over,” declared the jubilant winner after taking the checkeered flag in a race that saved up its pleasure till the final 20 laps when the battle between Verstappen and Norris boiled over.
A gradual 6.5 second pitstop for Verstappen on lap 52 introduced Norris proper again into vary and the following duel noticed the McLaren having fun with a drag discount profit as Norris tried to overhaul.
“The group have achieved an incredible job to place us on this struggle. You’ve obtained to be there on the finish to choose up the items and that’s the place we had been,” Russell mentioned earlier than stepping as much as the highest of the rostrum.
“We had been solely about 12 seconds behind and I knew it (the collision) was a risk. You’re at all times dreaming,” the 26-year-old Brit added.
Russell had began third, with Verstappen on pole and Norris alongside on the entrance row, however the win was handed to him after 64 of the 71 laps.
Each frontrunners suffered punctures, Norris limping again to the pits and retiring whereas Verstappen rejoined and completed fifth behind Mercedes’ seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton.
Stewards handed the Dutch driver a 10-second penalty for inflicting the collision however that made no distinction to Verstappen’s end result and he elevated his championship benefit to 81 factors over Norris.
Nico Hulkenberg was sixth for Haas, a serious enhance for that group, with Crimson Bull’s Sergio Perez seventh and Kevin Magnussen eighth for Haas.
Daniel Ricciardo gave RB two factors in ninth and Pierre Gasly took the ultimate level for Renault-owned Alpine.
Verstappen 💥 Norris
Unimaginable scenes on the Crimson Bull Ring 😵#F1 #AustrianGP pic.twitter.com/YvD0dg2TUH
— Method 1 (@F1) June 30, 2024
– Rappler.com
