Max Verstappen has been confirmed as the winner of the Austrian Grand Prix after the stewards cleared him over his collision with Charles Leclerc.
Verstappen described the contact as “hard racing” but Leclerc called for a penalty on his radio after the race.
“Car 33 [Verstappen] sought to overtake car 16 at turn three on lap 69 by out-braking car 16 [Leclerc],” the stewards noted.
the stewards: “In the totality of the circumstances, we did not consider that either driver was wholly or predominantly to blame for the incident.”
the stewards: “We consider that this is a racing incident.”
