Leclerc crashes the Verstappen party at the Red Bull Ring

To the chagrin of tens of thousands of Dutch people who had traveled there, Leclerc proved to be unbeatable despite the accelerator sticking in the final phase. His Scuderia teammate Carlos Sainz, triumphant winner in Great Britain seven days earlier, retired while on course for the podium. He was only able to save himself with difficulty from the Ferrari, which was rolling backwards and burning. In addition to Mick Schumacher, record world champion Lewis Hamilton also benefited from this, as he surprisingly made it onto the podium in his Mercedes in third place.

Verstappen only lost six points in the standings. His lead over the new runner-up Leclerc is 38 points. Third is Sergio Perez, who retired in the second Red Bull from the home Grand Prix of billionaire Dietrich Mateschitz's racing team. Ferrari faster than Red Bull Even on the formation lap, orange smoke was blowing along the route, which was only 4,318 kilometers long. The atmosphere makers from the Netherlands have been turning the Grand Prix weekend in Styria into a non-stop party since Thursday - albeit with extremely unpleasant background noises. According to reports, especially from female fans, there were racist, homophobic and sexist insults, and Formula 1 wrote of “completely unacceptable comments”.

Max Verstappen had to let Charles Leclerc pass three times. © APA / ERWIN SCHERIAU

During the race, the Verstappen fans in their orange T-shirts quickly had to tremble. The world champion and championship leader took pole position on Friday and won the sprint race on Saturday. “I can't hold it for long,” he quickly radioed to the pits after the start. Behind him, Leclerc put a lot of pressure on. Haas is extremely strong On the twelfth lap, the Monegasse squeezed past on the inside. Two laps later, Verstappen had the hard tires fitted and initially fell back a bit. At the front, Leclerc and Sainz picked up the pace. The second Red Bull with Perez initially languished at the back of the field after a collision at the start with George Russell. The Mercedes driver also received a five-second penalty for this, which Mick Schumacher also benefited from.

The 23-year-old German raced ahead of Verstappen to a strong sixth place in Leclerc's third win of the season in the Ferrari on Sunday. After his debut points a week ago in eighth place, Schumacher achieved his best career result to date in his 32nd Formula 1 race - eight more points were the reward for the Haas driver. Teammate Kevin Magnussen also scored points in eighth place.

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Leclerc crashes the Verstappen party at the Red Bull Ring

Charles Leclerc crashed Max Verstappen's Oranje party at the Red Bull Ring, Mick Schumacher was able to celebrate the next points after another fantastic drive.

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