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Mercedes’ George Russell claimed his second victory of the season by winning from pole at the Austrian Grand Prix.
Max Verstappen recovered from his crash to finish second in Red Bull’s final home race in qualifying, with championship leader Kimi Antonelli in third.
Russell’s win moved him into second place in the drivers’ standings, 40 points clear of teammate Antonelli.
BBC F1 Correspondent Andrew Benson answers your questions ahead of this weekend’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
I think that the pole position under the yellow flag is a dangerous example, because from now on everyone will continue to push hard after a little slow down, otherwise the lap will be canceled. I look forward to hearing your opinion – Lorenzo
The basis for the victory on Sunday came from George Russell’s pole position at the Austrian Grand Prix In controversial situations.
According to the rules, Russell did nothing wrong.
Marshalls flew a yellow flag at the trackside start when Max Verstappen crashed on lap nine.
Kimi Antonelli misread the light board as a double yellow and pulled back from his lap – apparently the correct response. Under a double yellow, drivers must “slow down and prepare to stop.”
But under a single yellow, a driver must not give up a lap. They just need to not set a fast time in the relevant section of the track.
Russell accomplished this, but the rest of his lap was enough to mount to the trunk anyway.
The concern here is less the detail of these rules, but whether or not the correct flag is displayed under the circumstances.
The answer to that should be no.
Verstappen crashed in the fastest corner on the track at around 140mph.
Turn nine is very challenging, with the downhill entry and exit block easy to overrun.
Verstappen and Antonelli questioned the decision to show Verstappen’s car only one yellow during this corner as the other drivers looked to set their fastest lap of the weekend.
Verstappen described it as “pretty crazy”.
Antonelli said: “There was a car on the wall at a fast corner. I don’t know why it didn’t go double-yellow immediately, because it’s a very fast corner, and if you go at the same time, it can be very difficult. That was a little confusing.
“It’s definitely something to evaluate, especially when it happens in a high-speed corner.
“If it’s a slow speed[corner]a single yellow might be OK, but fast corners should be immediately double yellow.”
To make the point, the race control raised the flag to a double yellow with 20 seconds to go, but everyone had completed the lap by then.
