Daniel Ricciardo was all smiles after his performance at the Austrian Grand Prix following a week of turmoil which suggested that his Formula One future was in serious jeopardy.
JONATHAN MCEVOY IN SPIELBERG: It was coming, a gathering inevitability about it. Verstappen's sharp elbows out, Norris determined to make the pass. Bang. Their races over.
Russell told Wolff to 'let me f***ing drive', fearing he would crash if his Mercedes boss kept talking to him. Wolff was later able to smile about the gee-up.
Piastri's disappointment was confounded when he was given a grid penalty after exceeding track limits during his qualifying run on Saturday. Without that error, he could well have taken the chequered flag.
The world champion and his best mate on the grid, Norris, came together on lap 64. It took Norris out of the race, while Verstappen limped back to the pits, his hopes of triumph wrecked.
Australian F1 star Oscar Piastri says his drop from third to seventh on the starting grid for the Austrian GP for exceeding track limits is 'embarrassing' for the sport.
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JONATHAN MCEVOY: Max Verstappen blasted to pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix - destroying the field on his Red Bull's sun-scorched home track in Spielberg.
Verstappen's win sees him extend his lead in the world championship standings from 69 points to 71 ahead of qualifying later on Saturday to determine the grid for Sunday's main event.
JONATHAN MCEVOY IN SPIELBERG: Jos (right) was scheduled to drive Red Bull's RB8 at the invitation of the circuit's owners, the team's parent energy drinks company.
Jos Verstappen has reportedly renewed his bitter feud with Christian Horner just days after his son Max committed his future to the Red Bull team for 2025.
POLE POSITION: the Silver Arrows appear to be finding their way out of the technical labyrinth in which they went dizzy over the past two-and-a-half years while Red Bull torched the record books.
Given that Ricciardo has no chance of driving for Red Bull next year, Marko admitted that discussions have been held over giving the seat to Lawson, a younger driver.
JONATHAN McEVOY: Mercedes will not let the matter lie. A team spokesman confirmed to Mail Sport that they had outsourced the matter to a firm that specialises in this kind of investigation.
OLIVER HOLT: His dear friend and rival, Jackie Stewart, considered Clark the greatest driver of a gifted generation that also included Graham Hill, Jochen Rindt and Jack Brabham.
One day Lando Norris and McLaren will get it 100 per cent right rather than between 98pc and 99pc, and a world championship fight will burst into life. They are that close to getting there.
It was never going to end well. Mercedes would feel scorned; Hamilton would succumb to his natural inclination for paranoia; Russell's abilities would present themselves.
JONATHAN MCEVOY IN BARCELONA: Tt had looked as certain that Max Verstappen would lead off Sunday's race, but the British driver's burgeoning confidence claimed the honour.
Throughout the final practice Leclerc appeared to be becoming increasingly frustrated with Norris, seemingly believing that he was being unfairly impeded by his rival.
JONATHAN MCEVOY IN BARCELONA: Lando Norris and his McLaren team were today dramatically evacuated from their motorhome at the Spanish Prix when a fire broke out.
JONATHAN MCEVOY: The source of the correspondence was concealed by an invented email address, using a name defaming Hamilton's team-mate George Russell.
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