2024 Austrian GP

George Wins the Austrian Grand Prix

George secures first win of the season for the Team, Lewis takes P4

The third sprint weekend of the season took the Team to Spielberg in Austria. And it turned out to be a successful trip. After a solid Qualifying session on Saturday, George and Lewis started the eleventh round of the 2024 Formula 1 season in 3rd and 5th place.

Both drivers still had one new Hard tyre set, two new and one used set of Medium tyres and three used sets of Soft tyres available for the race.

George was able to hold P3 at the start, while Lewis overtook Carlos Sainz and improved to P4. This put him directly behind George after the start lap. On lap 3 Lewis attacked George with the help of DRS and passed him, shortly afterwards George counterattacked and took back P3.

On lap 6, Lewis gave the position back to Sainz as the FIA investigated the situation for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.

Lewis, meanwhile, let Oscar Piastri pass to try and go as long as possible and then create a tyre offset on the last set of tyres. After his stop on lap 54, he came out in P6 behind Piastri.

With 7 laps to go, Max Verstappen and Lando Norris collided in the battle for P1. Both drivers dropped back with punctures, Norris then had to retire. As a result, George took the lead ahead of Piastri and Sainz.

In the end, George crossed the finish line 1.9 seconds ahead of Piastri and secured his second Grand Prix victory. Lewis completed the good team result in P4.

There is no time to rest after the Austrian Grand Prix. The third leg of the triple-header will take place next weekend at the Team's home race in Silverstone: the British Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton

Congratulations to George and the team. Everyone at Brackley and Brixworth really deserves this result. They have worked so hard to bring performance to the car and we are starting to get us closer and closer to the very front. We put in so much effort so to get a result like this is a well-deserved reward for everyone’s efforts.

From my side, it wasn’t the cleanest weekend. I picked up some damage early on and that compromised my race, unfortunately. We now look ahead to Silverstone. It is always such a special weekend, and I can’t wait to see all the fans there. It is a track that should hopefully suit us a little better than here in Austria so let’s see what we can do.

Andrew Shovlin, Trackside Engineering Director

We'll allow ourselves to enjoy the win today; it's been a while! A big well done to George and the whole team across Brackley and Brixworth. We know fine well we have more work to do before we can take victory on merit, but it's taken a lot of effort and determination from the team to get us to a point where we are regularly fighting for podiums. That is what put us in a position today to benefit from Max and Lando's misfortune.

Lewis had a tougher time. He picked up floor damage early in the race and, that together with the time penalty for crossing the white line at pit entry, took him out of contention. That said, we've managed to score good points with both cars today and the picture in the Constructors’ Championship has improved dramatically over the last three races. We will enjoy tonight and first thing tomorrow, we will shift our focus to Silverstone. It's a great event with a fantastic crowd, and the team and drivers will be doing everything we can to build on our recent momentum.