Verstappen wins to complete 'classy' Spielberg sweep | The Express Tribune
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SPIELBERG BEI KNITTELFELD: Defending champion Max Verstappen continued his relentless charge towards a third world title on Sunday when he claimed a record fourth Austrian Grand Prix victory in emphatic style. The 25-year-old Dutchman finished 5.155 seconds clear of a revived Charles Leclerc of Ferrari, in second, with Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez , showing revitalised form, taking a battling third after starting 15th on the grid. It was a race of attrition, punctuated by safety cars and influenced by a high number of drivers' receiving penalties for exceeding track limits. Several drivers served pit penalties during the race but after a stewards' investigation, eight received further late-night punishments including Carlos Sainz, demoted from fourth to sixth and Lewis Hamilton from seventh to eighth. During the race, Verstappen's unbroken run of laps led ended on 249, when he pitted. But it was only a pause in his serene progress to a fifth consecu