1 hour ago Mercedes' George Russell took his 2nd triumph of the play with triumph from rod presumption astatine the Austrian Grand Prix.
Max Verstappen recovered from a clang successful the last portion of qualifying to decorativeness 2nd astatine Red Bull's location race, with title person Kimi Antonelli successful third.
Russell's triumph moves him backmost up to 2nd successful the drivers' standings, 40 points down team-mate Antonelli.
BBC F1 analogous Andrew Benson answers your latest questions earlier this weekend's British Grand Prix astatine Silverstone.
I deliberation a rod presumption nether a yellowish emblem sets a unsafe precedent, due to the fact that it's wide that from present on, everyone volition proceed to propulsion hard aft a tiny dilatory down, oregon other their thigh volition beryllium cancelled. I'd beryllium funny to perceive your sentiment - Lorenzo
George Russell's rod presumption astatine the Austrian Grand Prix, the instauration for his triumph connected Sunday, came astir in arguable circumstances.
According to the rules, Russell did thing wrong.
Marshals trackside initially waved a azygous yellowish emblem erstwhile Max Verstappen crashed astatine Turn Nine.
Kimi Antonelli mis-read the airy committee arsenic a treble yellow, and backed retired of his thigh - the close effect for what helium thought to beryllium the case. Under a treble yellow, drivers person to "slow down and beryllium prepared to stop".
But nether a azygous yellow, a operator does not person to wantonness their lap. They lone person to not acceptable a fastest clip successful the applicable conception of the track.
Russell complied with this, but the remainder of his thigh was accelerated capable to enactment him connected rod anyway.
The interest present is little the specifics of these rules, but whether the close emblem was shown successful the circumstances.
The reply to that has to beryllium no.
Verstappen crashed astatine the fastest country connected the track, which is taken astatine adjacent to 140mph.
Turn Nine is notoriously challenging, with its downhill entry, and an exit kerb that's casual to over-run.
Both Verstappen and Antonelli questioned the determination to amusement lone a azygous yellowish astatine the time, erstwhile Verstappen's car was successful the obstruction astatine this country arsenic different drivers were seeking to acceptable what would beryllium their fastest laps of the weekend.
Verstappen described it arsenic "quite crazy".
Antonelli said: "There was a car successful the partition successful a accelerated corner. I don't cognize wherefore it didn't spell double-yellow consecutive away, due to the fact that it's a super-quick corner, and if you spell disconnected astatine the aforesaid time, it tin extremity up precise badly. That was a spot confusing.
"For definite it's thing that needs to beryllium reviewed, particularly erstwhile it happens successful a high-speed corner.
"If it's a slow-speed [corner], azygous yellowish tin beryllium OK but accelerated corners should beryllium treble yellowish consecutive away."
To underline the point, wrong 20 seconds, contention power upgraded the emblem to a treble yellow, but everyone had completed their laps by then.
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