2019 Austrian Grand Prix Review, Max Verstappen and Honda Wins!

Review of the ninth round of the 2019 F1 season at the Red Bull Ring, on the outskirts of Spielberg, Styria, for the Austrian Grand Prix.

Overall the race itself was enjoyable, entertaining race to watch and the best race of the season. Charles Leclerc was on pole for Sunday's race, while Max Verstappen was on the front row of the grid for Sunday's race. Leclerc took the lead, while Verstappen went down to eighth place after a poor start. By lap 7 Verstappen went into sixth place, by lap 9 Verstappen is in fifth place, by lap 50 Verstappen overtake Vettel for third place, by lap 56 Verstappen overtake Bottas for second palce.

Then on lap 69 Verstappen overtake Leclerc for the lead and stayed there to give Max Verstappen with his first race win of the season to conclude this seasons Austrian Grand Prix at Red Bull's home Grand Prix and Honda's first Grand Prix win as an Engine Suppler since the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix.



While, Charles Leclerc finished in second place in the Ferrari, Leclerc was three seconds behind Verstappen at the end.

Meanwhile, Valtteri Bottas finished in third place in the Mercedes to complete the podium, Bottas was nineteen seconds behind Verstappen at the end of the seventy-one lap race.

Highlights of the race below, enjoy.



Rate the Teams and Drivers

Mercedes - 7
Lewis Hamilton - 7 (finished fifth)
Valtteri Bottas - 8 (finished third)

Ferrari - 8
Sebastian Vettel - 8 (finished fourth)
Charles Leclerc - 9 (pole, finished second)

Red Bull Racing - 7
Max Verstappen - 10 (race win, fastest lap)
Pierre Gasly - 5 (finished seventh, lap down)

Renault - 5
Daniel Ricciardo - 5 (finished twelfth, lap down)
Nico Hülkenberg - 5 (finished thirteenth, lap down)

Haas - 4
Romain Grosjean - 5 (finished sixteenth, lap down)
Kevin Magnussen - 4 (finished nineteenth, two laps down)

McLaren - 9
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 8 (finished eighth, lap down)
Lando Norris - 10 (finished sixth, lap down)

Racing Point - 5
Sergio Pérez- 5 (finished eleventh, lap down)
Lance Stroll - 5 (finished fourteenth, lap down)

Alfa Romeo - 8
Kimi Räikkönen - 8 (finished ninth, lap down)
Antonio Giovinazzi - 8 (finished tenth, lap down)

Toro Rosso - 5
Daniil Kvyat - 5 (finished seventeenth, lap down)
Alexander Albon - 5 (finished fifteenth, lap down)

Williams - 3
George Russell - 4 (finished eighteenth, two laps down)
Robert Kubica - 3 (finished twentieth, three laps down)


Next stop Silverstone for the British Grand Prix in two weeks time.