02 July,2023 08:34 AM IST | Spielberg bei Knittelfeld (Austria) | AFP
Max Verstappen. Pic/AFP
Max Verstappen led teammate Sergio Perez home with a dominant display as Red Bull stormed to a comfortable one-two in Saturday's wet-dry sprint race at the Austrian Grand Prix.
The defending double world champion and series leader added eight points to move into a 70-point lead in the drivers' title race as he won by 21.102 seconds.
Ferrari's Carlos Sainz finished third ahead of the two Aston Martins of Lance Stroll and two-time champion Fernando Alonso with Nico Hulkenberg finishing sixth for Haas ahead of Alpine's Esteban ocon.
Mercedes' George Russell took a bold eighth ahead of Lando Norris in his upgraded Mercedes and team-mate seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton who had started 18th.
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