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Winners and Losers from the 2024 F1 Austrian Grand Prix
Who has made the list of Winners and Losers from the Red Bull Ring and the 2024 F1 Austrian Grand Prix
Analysis
The Austrian Grand Prix unexpectedly produced the moment of the season so far, with George Russell left to pick up the pieces to clinch his second F1 victory.
It was a race that only vaguely flirted with exploding into life before the Max Verstappen-Lando Norris flashpoint on lap 64 of 71 lit the fuse.
The initial catalyst, of course, was the Dutchman’s poor pit stop on lap 51 which eradicated his comfortable seven-second advantage and brought the McLaren back into contention.
It was a contentious coming together and the fallout will undoubtedly roll into this weekend’s British Grand Prix, but first, it is time to assess the winners and losers from an ultimately entertaining trip to the Red Bull Ring.
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Winner – George Russell
Who else to start with then than the main beneficiary himself? Yes, this quite easily could have been the entire Mercedes team – after all, they shared the same victory drought of 595 days – but I cannot escape the feeling that this win for Russell has been coming.
He, more than Lewis Hamilton, has been knocking on the door of late, and the victory in Spielberg has been building over the past three grand prix.
After pole position and the first Mercedes grand prix podium of the year in Montreal, Russell seized the initiative early in Spain to lead the opening laps.
There was an air of inevitability that not only would he claim a second career win sooner rather than later, but that he would be the one to lead Mercedes to its first triumph since late 2022.
Sometimes in motorsport, it is about being in the right place at the right time, and Russell’s win at the Red Bull Ring is proof of that. However, that somewhat diminishes the hard work put in to best execute a tricky offset tyre strategy.
Even with team principal Toto Wolff trying his best to distract Russell, the 26-year-old showed he should not be considered merely a Mercedes placeholder for the seemingly inescapable Andrea Kimi Antonelli-Verstappen era at Brackley
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