In total, he has now Dutchman 156 points and leads by 18 points ahead of Hamilton, collected by 138. Behind them is the fourth-ranked today Perez (96 points) pred Land Norris (86 points and Valtteri Bottas (74 points). Let’s take a look at what the fastest three on the race said after the race GP of Styria.
1rd place: Max Verstappen (Red Bull Honda)
“I am very satisfied. Right at the beginning I felt that the car is very good today. Of course, we have to repeat everything next week, which I am already looking forward to. I'm sure we can look forward to next weekend as well. "
2nd place: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
“It was a race where I was pretty lonely. I wanted to keep up with Max, but it didn’t work out, so I don’t want to worry. In fact, they have made many improvements that are ahead of us. In the end, we scored a good number of points as a team and of course we have to keep fighting. ”
3rd place: Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes)
“Given where I started, third place today was actually the maximum that could be achieved. I’m glad I was able to defend Perez’s attacks. It's good to have a make-up exam in a week. ”