Austrian GP 2023 | Verstappen wins fifth consecutive race at Red Bull Ring in style
The Hindu
Max Verstappen won Red Bull’s home Austrian Grand Prix from pole position and with the fastest lap on Sunday as the Formula One champion celebrated a 10th successive victory and ninth of the season.
Max Verstappen won Red Bull's home Austrian Grand Prix from pole position and with the fastest lap on Sunday as the Formula One champion celebrated a 10th successive victory and ninth of the season.
Verstappen, who also won Saturday's 100km sprint race and leaves Spielberg's Red Bull Ring with a maximum haul, stretched his lead over Mexican teammate Sergio Perez to 81 points with his fifth win in a row.
It was also the Dutch driver's seventh win of a dominant campaign accelerating him ever closer to a third Formula One crown.
Charles Leclerc was second, 5.155 adrift, for Ferrari's milestone 800th podium while Perez fought from 15th at the start to third in a race littered with time penalties as drivers repeatedly exceeded track limits.
"Amazing race, the car was on fire today," said Verstappen after his 42nd career win took him above the tally of late Brazilian great Ayrton Senna.
It was also his fifth success at the Red Bull Ring, more than any driver and in the first race in Austria since the death of team owner Dietrich Mateschitz last October.
"I'm just enjoying the moment driving this car and working with this team. The Sprint weekend is always hectic and a lot of things can go wrong but luckily a lot of things went right," said Verstappen.
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