Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc held off world champion Max Verstappen to win the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday and reboot his world championship challenge. Lewis Hamilton took third ahead of his Mercedes teammate George Russell in cars that had both needed hefty repairs after crashes in Friday qualifying. This was Leclerc’s third win of the year and Ferrari’s first at the Red Bull Ring since Michael Schumacher in 2003. After a series of disappointing results Leclerc was thrilled to finally get another win under his belt.
He had to retain his composure, though, in the closing laps as he reported an issue with a sticking throttle pedal.
I definitely needed that, to finally show we’ve got the pace in the car is incredible,” said a relieved Leclerc.