Charles Leclerc
When a racing car from Maranello wins the Austrian Grand Prix for the first time since 2003, it is certainly a day of celebration for the Scuderia Ferrari team boss. But Mattia Binotto could hardly stand the sight of the last kilometers before the finish of the winner Charles Leclerc. Again and again he turned around at the control stand, looked at the floor of the pit lane and not at the instruments. “I couldn’t watch the last three laps anymore,” he explained. Leclerc had already overtaken his rival Max Verstappen three times in this race, and he was clearly the faster driver, also because of clever tire management. And yet Binotto now had to shiver. Leclerc’s gas pedal was stuck, it no longer snapped back into its original position, and constantly gave at least 20 percent thrust, which caused him difficulties, especially in the slower corners. And Verstappen was only four seconds behind.