Perez can’t even cheat right – Up and down at 2023 Austrian GP
From top to bottom, from the foothills to the peaks, Max Verstappen embarrassed the rest of the F1 grid in all departments during the 2023 Austrian GP weekend
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Officials could have engraved the Austrian GP trophy in advance, so comfortable was Max Verstappen’s win, but behind him saw the grid jumbled up again and a morass of track limit penalties, as Mark Hughes examines
Max Verstappen look threatened by Charles Leclerc at one point in the 2023 Austrian GP but ended it with so much time in hand, he made an extra pitstop and claimed the fastest lap. Behind was a charging Sergio Perez — and penalty bonanza
It was a race that brought almost half the grid penalties for exceeding track limits, a stunning drive from 15th to the podium for Sergio Perez, and hard-fought battles in…
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The Red Bull drivers were at loggerheads in the Austria Sprint as both pushed each other off track, before Verstappen won out
Max Verstappen will start first for today’s Sprint race, after an on-track incident contributed to Lewis Hamilton being knocked out, leaving the Mercedes driver 18th
Max Verstappen claimed pole in a dramatic qualifying session which saw his team-mate Sergio Perez and George Russell knocked out in Q2
From top to bottom, from the foothills to the peaks, Max Verstappen embarrassed the rest of the F1 grid in all departments during the 2023 Austrian GP weekend
Officials could have engraved the Austrian GP trophy in advance, so comfortable was Max Verstappen’s win, but behind him saw the grid jumbled up again and a morass of track limit penalties, as Mark Hughes examines
Max Verstappen look threatened by Charles Leclerc at one point in the 2023 Austrian GP but ended it with so much time in hand, he made an extra pitstop and claimed the fastest lap. Behind was a charging Sergio Perez — and penalty bonanza
It was a race that brought almost half the grid penalties for exceeding track limits, a stunning drive from 15th to the podium for Sergio Perez, and hard-fought battles in…
Sunbeam threw all it had at the 1923 French Grand Prix but innovative Fiat still turned up with a faster car — by 30sec per lap. Its unlikely win with Henry Segrave, the first British GP victory, is a classic racing tale of strategy, determination and panicked rivals
Lance Stroll says changes need to be made to Spa-Francorchamps Eau-Rouge/Raidillon section after junior driver Dilano van ‘t Hoff was killed at the circuit
The Red Bull drivers were at loggerheads in the Austria Sprint as both pushed each other off track, before Verstappen won out
Max Verstappen will start first for today’s Sprint race, after an on-track incident contributed to Lewis Hamilton being knocked out, leaving the Mercedes driver 18th
Max Verstappen claimed pole in a dramatic qualifying session which saw his team-mate Sergio Perez and George Russell knocked out in Q2
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