A timely return to the top for Charles Leclerc but for Pierre Gasly things aren't looking good, writes OllieHarden F1
Yet even as he closed in on victory concerns over the cause of Sainz’s retirement from third – reopening his deficit to Leclerc to 37 points as well as, potentially, the team orders debate at Ferrari – and a sticky throttle pedal threatened to take it away.
Excessive tyre degradation in the cooler conditions denied him the chance of a fifth victory at the Red Bull Ring, but this race demonstrated Verstappen’s growth in maturity since claiming his first World Championship last year. His constant need to prove himself was partly his undoing on that occasion and made his journey to his first title more complicated than it might otherwise have been.
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