George Russell cashed in to take a completely unexpected Austrian GP win for Mercedes after Max Verstappen and Lando Norris collided late on.
George Russell cashed in to take a completely unexpected Austrian GP win for Mercedes after Max Verstappen and Lando Norris' battle for the lead ended in an acrimonious collision. A rare slow Red Bull service on race leader Verstappen's car at the second round of stops turned the complexion of the race on its head and put Norris, who had been six seconds behind before then, on the Dutchman's tail in to the closing laps.
Verstappen was soon adjudged by stewards to have been at fault for the collision and handed a 10-second time penalty, although it did not change his fifth place result. With Russell having run third for the majority of the race, the Briton gleefully took over the lead and completed the final laps to secure just his second career win in F1 - his and Mercedes' first since November 2022.
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