Spectacular start to the Austrian Sprint, with a two against one between the McLarens and Verstappen of those who jump off the couch. First one and then the other, with the feeling that Verstappen is there, he is no longer the invincible Predator, but rather he has cracks, something bleeds, “and if he bleeds he could die,” said a textbook Austrian like Arnold Schwarzenegger. in that 80’s movie.
Only Max, even bleeding and without the best car, is a real challenge to be overtaken and overtaken. His fight cornered in a dark alley against two, has been like John Wick, to continue with the cinematic analogy. Leave me alone. You have one against him, if you don’t take advantage of it, you’ll be KO. What a driver, it will be difficult to dethrone him. “McLaren may have a better car, but we still have Max,” says Helmut Marko.
Because the feeling already from Spain, commented by some drivers, is that Verstappen would also win with a McLaren, because it makes the difference that Norris or Piastri have not yet made. In Montmeló he already got rid of Norris and Russell in two maneuvers, in two laps.
Superb start and passing of Carlos Sainz’s Russell, who then couldn’t keep up with the McLarens, it hurts to see how both Mercedes and the oranges have surpassed Maranello. However, supporting Hamilton for 20 laps enhances his career. Ferrari has acknowledged that they had brake problems and the drivers had to lift a little to cool them down.
Aston is not even mentioned, at least not until Hungary, where Plan B for this season will arrive. It’s time to suffer a couple of races fighting with the usual suspects.
We went back to the 80s or 90s for a few moments: Bad starting system with the traffic lights, which happened before, without spokes throughout the race, and look, there was tripe in the first laps, without modern graphics, nor positions in the race, nor distances… the only thing missing was the narration of the legendary Murray Walker. Something happened on the international signal, strange, strange.
