New Delhi:- Max Verstappen's dominance was fully demonstrated at Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix, with Red Bull winning five consecutive races from pole position and setting the fastest lap, but the white lines around the track were equally controversial.
The most technically demanding sport has struggled to keep up as some of the world's best drivers, including seven-time Mercedes world champion Lewis Hamilton, continue to emerge from the tarmac.
The driver must keep all four wheels in line. Otherwise, the repeat offender will be punished.
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Max Verstappen's dominance was fully demonstrated at Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix, with Red Bull winning five consecutive races from pole position and setting the fastest lap, but the white lines around the track were equally controversial. The most technically demanding sport has struggled to keep up as some of the world's best drivers, including seven-time Mercedes world champion Lewis Hamilton, continue to emerge from the tarmac.
The driver must keep all four wheels in line. Otherwise, the repeat offender will be punished. Verstappen wins confidently in front of Leclerc and The system was overwhelmed at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg on Sunday.
According to the FIA responsible, race control had to check for more than 1,200 possible rule infractions during the 71-lap race. The result was a flurry of post-race penalties and result changes despite failing to finish on the podium, five hours after the start of the race and long after the TV audience had stopped watching.
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Nine of the 20 drivers received penalties during or after the race due to protests from Aston Martin. Given the sport's long history of controversy and turmoil, even the most experienced paddock officials were unfazed.
Verstappen's longest-serving team manager in F1, Christian Horner, said: "We need to look more closely at the track limit issue because it makes us look a bit amateurish."
Some wondered why it took so long to issue penalties in a sport where milliseconds and microseconds matter and supercomputers crunch vast amounts of data.
Former McLaren mechanic Mark Priestley said on Twitter: "Why the most technologically advanced sport in the world can't use technical solutions with sensors and transponders and nobody has to check anything at all. I don't understand," he commented. "It's black and white, so you can tell right away."
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Qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix saw 47 laps canceled for exceeding track limits, including Red Bull's Sergio Perez, who finished third after starting 15th on Sunday. In the race, the driver was cautioned for two offenses, and the black and white flag was shown for the third offense. The fourth run was referred to the stewards and a five-second penalty was issued.
More violations mean more penalties. Alpine's Esteban Ocon was given 30 seconds of extra time after two five-second penalties and two 10-second penalties at the end. The main cause of the problem is thought to be the circuit, with the final two turns 9 and 910 having wide tarmac run-off areas instead of gravel, a layout that MotoGP must endure. The previously used raised "sausage edgestone" was removed due to extensive damage caused by cars driving over it.
The ruling FIA has also taken a more stringent approach to enforcing the rules, setting up remote operations centers to ensure the correct procedures are followed. An FIA spokesman said: "We would like to reiterate our recommendation to the circuit to install gravel beds at the exit of Turns 9 and 10."
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"Compared to other series we race here, this is not an easy fix, but it has proven very effective in other corners and circuits that have similar problems." Drivers said poor peripheral visibility made it difficult to see exactly where the limits were, and that following the aerodynamic "dirty air" of the car ahead also played a part.
Max Verstappen was on the records i.e. on Full Display as it was his fastest lap and was on top at Austria’s Grand Prix also he won the race dominating Lewis Hamilton.