Sainz couldn’t do enough to get in Austria the first podium of the season and the car corresponded for the first time this season. Ferrari no, the equipment failed. The wall was covered in glory. The man from Madrid got out of the fourth car after starring in a defensive display against him Red Bull of perez and review more rhythm than leclerc throughout the weekend, but to the bully Verstappen they accompanied him in the ‘drawer’ Charles and Czechin that order. alonso was sixth in the race with less apparent pace than Aston Martinwhich helps him to beat the two Mercedes but leaves him surpassed by both SF-23 and also a McLaren. Beyond expectations, the weekend in Spielberg it remains halfway to what could have been and was not.
From the beginning, the start was clean. She left Verstappen. Sainz stuck to Leclerc. “If you have more rhythm, let us know,” they told him. “Do I really need to say it?” he replied. But he didn’t care. He was not allowed to overtake his teammate when he had at least a couple of tenths up his sleeve that would have allowed her to catch air ahead of him. The problem came on lap 14: virtual safety car due to a failure of hulkenberg. The wall decided to stop both Ferraris despite the fact that the period of VSC It was going to end immediately. Charles and Carlos entered the ‘pit-lane’ separated by half a second, prepared for a double ‘pit-stop’ and left separated by six seconds and three cars between them.
Sainz should have used the rhytm of the day to recover with advances to hamilton, norris and perez. Along the way, he received a five-second penalty for exceeding the track limits (like many others, including Lewis). Without her, little would have changed. And down the toilet went the clearest opportunity for a podium this season, which his teammate would find in a generally weaker weekend, judging by the sprint. Max eventually gave up the lead temporarily to leclerc, but he won so much that he allowed himself to stop in the pits two laps from the end to take the fastest lap point from Pérez. He achieved it under the checkered flag and in full orange fog. The Dutch tide went home happy, although they were extremely happy since they parked the caravan on Friday afternoon.
The Mexican completed the podium after sweating to move to Sainz. He needed four laps with DRS. The Madrid player’s defense was enormous, one of those that you no longer see, but insufficient against a Red Bull that in the hands of Checo is very good and in the hands of Max, simply unattainable. While, Ferdinand He certified sixth place behind Norris in a race with few emotions for him, and for the Alonsista fan in general. Red Bull Ring was elusive for Aston Martin, although the team classification or the sprint may convey something else. Let’s see what Silverstone has in store.