Test of strength of the British, perfect throughout the weekend at the Red Bull Ring, which shortens in the ranking on the teammate. Well the Red, third with Leclerc and fourth with Hamilton
In the land of Red Bull it is McLaren who takes the scene. Stopitous race of Lando Norris, who puts his teammate Oscar Piastri behind him. The British redeemed immediately after the serious mistake made in Canada. The result that is double for the two Papaya drivers, given the forced retreat of Max Verstappen, who arrived on the first lap due to an error by our Kimi Antonelli. Complete the podium Charles Leclerc: good performance for Ferrari, who also takes the fourth position with Lewis Hamilton. Fifth the only Mercedes in points, namely that of George Russell. Sesto Liam Lawson, author of a great weekend. Settimo Fernando Alonso, who defended himself from the attacks of Gabriel Bortoleto (eighth) in the final. First points in Formula 1 for the Brazilian, fast throughout the weekend. Nono Nico Hulkenberg: two single -seater in the points area for Sauber, which confirms its excellent form of form. The top ten Esteban Ocon closes. The two pilots of McLaren take off in the World Cup pilots: the leader Plastri rises to 216 points, fifteen more than those of Norris. Third Verstappen at 155: now the defense of the title for the world champion is even more difficult.
Departure
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Problems in the training lap for Carlos Sainz’s Williams: the Spaniard was forced to retire. For this reason, the start of the GP has been postponed by 10 minutes. All the drivers in front started with medium rubber. Excellent departure of the McLaren: Norris managed to maintain the first position, while Piastri passed Leclerc in curve 1, climbing second. Bad error instead of our Kimi Antonelli, who blocked the rear at the entrance of Curve 3, going long and hitting Max Verstappen. Both the Italian pilot and the world champion were forced to retire. In the meantime, he has entered the Safety Car regime. The restart after neutralization was linear, without great maneuvers.
McLaren fight
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Great rhythm of the McLaren, able to trim three seconds at Leclerc’s Ferrari in a few returns. Fight between the two Papaya on Giro 11: Plastri passed Norris at first, but the British however managed to counterattack and recover the head of the race. Good overtaking of Bortoleto on Gasly at the twelfth round: the Brazilian has risen to seventh position. Black day for Williams, forced to collect Albon’s single -seater. Pit stop for Russell on Giro 18: the Mercedes pilot, who started with medium rubber, mounted a tough. Risk contact between the two McLaren at the twentieth round, with platelets who looked for an attack very at the limit, blocking and going close to hitting his teammate. Norris stopped for his stop in the same lap: he mixes hard for him.
Half race
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Stop on Giro 24 for Piatti: Tire hard for him too. The Australian returned to 5 and a half seconds from Norris. Both McLaren stops have not been perfect. Pit stop for Leclerc at the 25th round, white rubber for Monegasque. Stop also for Hamilton in the next lap. Contact between Tsunoda and colapinted on lap 31: the Japanese hit the pilot of the alpine, which however managed to continue the race. The Red Bull standard bearer was punished with 10 seconds of penalty. Ocon’s overtaking against Gasly for the tenth position at Giro 33. Pit stop for Alonso in the same round. Several stops in the following laps, in which the activity on the track was linear.
Second half of the race
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Stop for Hulkenberg on Giro 42: second pit stop for German. The rhythm of Leclerc, who closed several laps on times similar to those of McLaren: the Monegasque pays the great gap formed at the beginning of the race. Russell stopped for his second pit stop at the 46th round. Second stop for Leclerc on the 50th lap: new rubber for the number 16. In the next lap, Hamilton also stopped, yellow rubber for him too. Stop for Norris at Retaata 52, also for the British the choice fell on the average. Same choice for herds, who stopped the next lap. Enormous danger for the Australian on his return to the track: colapinted, dubbed, pushed him into the grass when the curve 3. The Argentine received a penalty of 5 seconds for this maneuver. Russell overtaking on Lawson shortly after: English has risen to fifth position. Towards the Giro 60 piastri he began to raise the rhythm to worry Norris: the Australian got 2 and a half seconds at the end of ten returns from the end. At the British he was reported via radio that he had some damage to his single -seater.
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