Vettel Wins in Wet Return to Austria

Qualifying:

Report:

After a long six years, Formula One has returned to the beautiful country of Austria and the gods themselves cried tears of joy; that is the only explanation for the strong rain that haunted the weekend and caused interruptions in multiple practice sessions.

Regrettably, the weather could not change the fortunes at the front of the grid, despite (or because?) of 10 safety car laps. Sebastian Vettel is an elite wet weather competitor and so him in the most powerful car on the grid made him a very predictable winner.

Victoria Desai continues her impressive, but unsuccessful, title defence by matching her season-best result with a fourth place. Yet, her heroics faded to the efforts of Charles Leclerc and Robert Shwartzman, who earned points that will very much help their squads.

The latter profited from Ármannsson’s blunder, the MRT driver ruining the race of Toyota driver Kevin Magnussen and earning himself a time penalty. This compounded a horrible race for MRT, as Jules Bianchi retired with a major motor failure.

Race:

* 20-second time penalty

Fastest Lap:

Sebastian Vettel – 1:21.515

Infinite Improbability Drive Of The Race:

Charles Leclerc – excellent performance in the wet ensures Sauber is ahead of Dawson in the standings.

Reject Of The Race:

Einar Ármannsson – cost himself valuable points and may have destroyed his slim title hopes with a silly accident.