SPIELBERG (Austria): Max Verstappen won Red Bull's house Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday whilst Lewis Hamilton suffered his first race retirement since 2016 and misplaced the Formula One championship lead to Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel.
The victory was the 20-year-old Dutch driving force's first of the season, fourth of his career, and came in front of a military of orange-shirted fans packing the grandstands after which flooding onto the observe on the end.
Kimi Raikkonen was an in depth second, with teammate Vettel 3rd to claw back the full lead via a unmarried level from Hamilton, their Mercedes rival whose file run of 33 successive scoring finishes came to an end.
"It was amazing, very hard to manage the tyres, lot of blistering, but we managed to hang on," said Verstappen. "It was amazing to win on the Red Bull Ring with such a lot of Dutch fans right here.
"I had to meet up with the issues, these days was an excellent day for me, and I hope we will proceed like this."
Vettel, who began 6th after amassing a 3 place grid penalty, now has 146 issues to Hamilton's 145 after nine rounds and with the Briton's house race at Silverstone next weekend.
Hamilton had already been at the back foot sooner than he stopped on lap 64, his automotive struggling misplaced gasoline force whilst he was in fourth place, after a obtrusive technique error via Mercedes had value him the lead.
On a bleak afternoon for the champions, who had no longer been beaten on the Red Bull Ring since Austria returned to the calendar in 2014, Hamilton's staff mate Valtteri Bottas retired with a mechanical failure.
Verstappen took the lead after Mercedes stored Hamilton out during a virtual safety automotive length that adopted Bottas's retirement on lap 14, with all the others behind the Briton pitting for contemporary tyres.
Mercedes' leader strategist James Vowles came at the radio as the bearer of unhealthy news, admitting his error as Hamilton struggled to understand what had took place.
"I am fourth now," exclaimed the motive force.
"I am not going to be able to pass anyone. We have thrown away the win," Hamilton added a while later.
"This is James, I have thrown away the win these days," replied Vowles. "Passing is conceivable. I am sorry."
France's Romain Grosjean scored his first issues of the season with a bang, finishing a lapped fourth for the U.S.-owned Haas staff, who additionally had Denmark's Kevin Magnussen taking the chequered flag in 5th.
Esteban Ocon was 6th for Force India, ahead of Mexican staff mate Sergio Perez, with McLaren's Fernando Alonso finishing a outstanding afternoon with 8th place after starting in the pit lane.
Sauber duo Charles Leclerc and Marcus Ericsson completed ninth and 10th.
The victory was the 20-year-old Dutch driving force's first of the season, fourth of his career, and came in front of a military of orange-shirted fans packing the grandstands after which flooding onto the observe on the end.
Kimi Raikkonen was an in depth second, with teammate Vettel 3rd to claw back the full lead via a unmarried level from Hamilton, their Mercedes rival whose file run of 33 successive scoring finishes came to an end.
"It was amazing, very hard to manage the tyres, lot of blistering, but we managed to hang on," said Verstappen. "It was amazing to win on the Red Bull Ring with such a lot of Dutch fans right here.
"I had to meet up with the issues, these days was an excellent day for me, and I hope we will proceed like this."
Vettel, who began 6th after amassing a 3 place grid penalty, now has 146 issues to Hamilton's 145 after nine rounds and with the Briton's house race at Silverstone next weekend.
Hamilton had already been at the back foot sooner than he stopped on lap 64, his automotive struggling misplaced gasoline force whilst he was in fourth place, after a obtrusive technique error via Mercedes had value him the lead.
On a bleak afternoon for the champions, who had no longer been beaten on the Red Bull Ring since Austria returned to the calendar in 2014, Hamilton's staff mate Valtteri Bottas retired with a mechanical failure.
Verstappen took the lead after Mercedes stored Hamilton out during a virtual safety automotive length that adopted Bottas's retirement on lap 14, with all the others behind the Briton pitting for contemporary tyres.
Mercedes' leader strategist James Vowles came at the radio as the bearer of unhealthy news, admitting his error as Hamilton struggled to understand what had took place.
"I am fourth now," exclaimed the motive force.
"I am not going to be able to pass anyone. We have thrown away the win," Hamilton added a while later.
"This is James, I have thrown away the win these days," replied Vowles. "Passing is conceivable. I am sorry."
France's Romain Grosjean scored his first issues of the season with a bang, finishing a lapped fourth for the U.S.-owned Haas staff, who additionally had Denmark's Kevin Magnussen taking the chequered flag in 5th.
Esteban Ocon was 6th for Force India, ahead of Mexican staff mate Sergio Perez, with McLaren's Fernando Alonso finishing a outstanding afternoon with 8th place after starting in the pit lane.
Sauber duo Charles Leclerc and Marcus Ericsson completed ninth and 10th.
Verstappen wins Austrian GP as Hamilton fails to finish
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