After an intense weekend in the Austrian Grand Prixthe second with the sprint format of the season, Formula 1 takes a fast trip to the next stop on the calendar, the tenth race of the season: the British Grand Prix.
max verstappen He leaves the Red Bull Ring more of a leader than ever and with his seventh victory of the year, fifth in a row, plus the sprint race. And he did it with such solvency and superiority that he allowed himself the luxury of making an extra stop to set the fastest lap and not leave any crumbs to his rivals.
Not so good weekend had his partner Sergio Perez. The Mexican was left for the fourth consecutive time before time in qualifying, something that earned him a fight from Red Bull. And then another fell on him his action with Verstappen in the sprint race. However, despite pressure from his own team, his weekend ended with a second position in the sprint and a third in the feature race.
Ferrari took a step forward in Canada and confirmed it in Austria. charles leclercAfter a discreet Saturday, he took second place in the Austrian GP. Of course, after some controversial strategic decisions of the Scudería, who despite justifying them, ended up with Carlos Sainz in fourth position with a tremendous anger for a podium that tried to defend fiercelybut that ended up escaping.
The Aston Martin weekend did not end very well either. Fernando Alonso finished sixth in the Austrian GP without the ability to climb much higher and with Doubts about whether your team chose the right option. The British team was behind its rivals all weekend, although it managed to cut points in the Constructors’ World Championship from Mercedes, a cut that may be greater with the complaint made to the FIA for sanctions not applied due to track limits.
The one who did not have a good career was lewis hamilton. The seven-time world champion suffered a lot with his car and he let his team know about it at every lap. The complaints reached such a point of desperation that they made the boss intervene, Toto Wolffto ask him to focus on driving in a race in which he finished seventh and penalized for track limits.
When and where is the next F1 race?
The next Formula 1 race is the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, England. will be the Sunday, July 9 at 4:00 p.m. peninsular time.
Last year, the victory there went to Carlos Sainzthe first of his sports career, with Sergio Pérez second and Lewis Hamilton third.
