Max Verstappen takes sprint race victory and Austrian Grand Prix 政治家
Max Verstappen won Saturday’s sprint race to 延長する his 選手権 lead and 安全な・保証する 有利な立場（位置） for the Austrian Grand Prix.
The Dutchman held off Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz in the 開始 corners before racing 反対者のない to the chequered 旗 to the delight of his travelling orange-覆う？ army.
Charles Leclerc took second after a number of nail-biting 交流s with team-mate Sainz ? the Spaniard, who won at Silverstone six days ago, 完全にするing the podium.
George Russell started fourth and finished in the same position while 吊りくさび Hamilton, 伴う／関わるd in a 衝突／不一致 with Pierre Gasly at the start, dropped from ninth to 11th before finishing eighth.
Sergio Perez, thrown 負かす／撃墜する the grid for 越えるing 跡をつける 限界s, drove 支援する from 13th to fifth. Verstappen’s 選手権 lead over his Red Bull team-mate stands at 38 points ahead of tomorrow’s Grand Prix, with Leclerc 44 points 支援する.
Sixty thousand 観客s have travelled from the Netherlands to Austria to turn this 週末’s event into a home race for Verstappen and he did not disappoint with a composed 業績／成果 from 政治家.
Verstappen said: “There was やめる a lot of orange smoke [from the fans] at the end which was nice to see. We were closely matched so it was good and like a sprint should be ? やめる flat out.
“I 推定する／予想する tomorrow is going to be an 利益／興味ing 戦う／戦い again. The car is good and there are just a few things to 罰金 tune. But 全体にわたる we have been really 競争の激しい this 週末.”
Sainz, who moved ahead of Leclerc at the 開始 bend, nibbled at Verstappen’s Red Bull gearbox on the run 負かす／撃墜する to Turn 3 but could not make a move stick. From there, the world 支持する／優勝者 巡航するd off into the sunset.
Hamilton raced in the spare Mercedes after he 衝突，墜落d out of qualifying, and the British driver was 伴う／関わるd in an 事故 after the 開始 metres when he became the meat in an Alex Albon-Gasly 挟む.
Hamilton’s 前線-権利 tyre made 接触する with Gasly’s left-後部 wheel, sending the French driver 簡潔に up in the 空気／公表する and into a spin.
Hamilton was able to continue but dropped two places. He fought his way past Albon on the fourth （競技場の）トラック一周 and then overtook Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas on （競技場の）トラック一周 eight.
The Mercedes driver spent the 大多数 of the remaining 15 （競技場の）トラック一周s 大（公）使館員d to the 後部 of Mick Schumacher’s Haas.
But the son of Michael Schumacher 配達するd an 専門家 defence to keep Hamilton at bay until the seven-time world 支持する／優勝者 finally got his man with two （競技場の）トラック一周s to go.
After dropping behind Sainz at the 開始 bend, Leclerc was 支援する past on the same （競技場の）トラック一周. Sainz 開始する，打ち上げるd a handful of attacks on his team-mate to 供給する a number of hairy moments for the Ferrari 炭坑，オーケストラ席 塀で囲む.
Leclerc kept Sainz behind to finish second and join Verstappen on the 前線 列／漕ぐ／騒動 for tomorrow’s race.
Leclerc said: “It was tricky. I had a small fight with Carlos. I started to 押し進める and I was 伸び（る）ing on Max. Hopefully tomorrow we can put a bit more 圧力 on him.”
どこかよそで, Fernando Alonso failed to start に引き続いて a mechanical 失敗 in his Alpine, while Sebastian Vettel was punted off into the gravel after a coming together with Albon as they duelled for 13th place.
