2022 Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix highlights

GP AUSTRIA F1/2022 – GIOVEDI’ 07/07/2022
Red Bull Racing

 

Max Verstappen produced a gritty drive at the Red Bull Ring to secure second place at the 2022 Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix, finishing less than two seconds behind the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc.

The Dutch driver had started on pole but knew that it would be difficult to match the race pace of the Ferrari duo. Despite having some issues with his tyres, he was still able to gain valuable points, finishing well ahead of the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton in third.

It was not such a good day for Sergio Pérez who was forced to retire after a first-lap collision with Mercedes driver George Russell. The Mexican driver is now third in the 2022 driver standings, while team-mate Verstappen is 38 points clear of Leclerc in second.

Max Verstappen

We were just a bit too slow today, we were doing the best we could with the strategy but the Ferraris were extremely fast. Of course, we need to understand why we had so much degradation with the tyres, I’m not sure exactly what happened, no matter which compound we used none of them seemed to work well. Although we didn’t win today, we still walked away with a lot of points. In difficult moments you need to score points and we did that today. It was incredible to receive the support I did from the fans this weekend, but I’ve been hearing a few shocking things. It’s clearly wrong and what’s been happening is not right at all – I shouldn’t need to say this on a weekend that should be a celebration of Formula One at our home race.

Sergio Pérez

It was a big shame that we had our race ended so early. I had the whole race ahead of me and I thought I had good opportunities coming my way, so it was very painful. We had a lot of damage to the car and we were going nowhere so we had to retire. I gave all the room I could to George on lap one, there was enough room for both cars not to crash and unfortunately, we ended up colliding, I don’t know what else I could have done. Today has hurt us in both Championships and hopefully, we can recover the ground. It has been the same way all season, sometimes we are quicker and sometimes Ferrari is. It is still very close but today they were clearly the quicker car. We need to look forward now, the season is long and hopefully, we can come back stronger in the coming weekends.

Christian Horner – Team Principal & CEO

We scored some really important points today but it just wasn’t meant to be for us. Congratulations to Ferrari, although they were unlucky with Carlos, they had the faster car for the majority of the race which gave them more strategic options but Max’s tyre deg was higher from halfway through the first stint and it was hard to combat that. Over the two races this weekend, we’ve only given away five points to Ferrari but obviously, we’re really disappointed for Checo today. There was so much damage to his car from George that there was no chance for him to score any points and we had to retire him and save the mileage. We’ll do everything we can to bounce back in France, we’re still ahead but we know how quickly things can change and we need to keep pushing. We are shocked to hear that there have been some incidents of abusive behaviour in the grandstands and the fan parks. We stand united with every member of the F1 community in condemning this. We value inclusion and want a safe space for fans to enjoy our sport.

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