Austrian Grand Prix: Mercedes' George Russell cruises to victory, Max Verstappen in second - as it happened

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Russell: Claiming pole for Austrian GP felt very good (0:31)

Mercedes' George Russell converted pole position into a victory at Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix.

The Brit has moved up to second in the drivers' championship and now sits 40 points behind teammate Kimi Antonelli.

Re-live the action below.

- Austrian Grand Prix: George Russell holds off dicey Max Verstappen to take victory
- Kimi Antonelli rues 'mistakes' in Austria GP: 'Too excited' but a 'good learning'

Max Verstappen started down in fifth but had a solid drive and finished second on the podium in the Red Bull.

Antonelli finished in third but was very close to overtaking Verstappen on the final lap, and ended up 1.986 seconds off Russell's pace.

The Italian teenager had a dominant weekend but said after the race that he got "too excited" in the opening laps and as a result was "late to the party."

McLaren's Oscar Piastri crossed the line in fourth and Lewis Hamilton, who qualified in third, finished down in fifth.

"I think it's more of a reality check," Hamilton said when asked if the performance was track specific. "We don't know why we were so competitive on Sunday in Barcelona. That's a very strong track for me, I chose a strategy that from experience I knew would work, with the deg[radation] that we had it was like 2021.

"But then today I think we were hit more with reality which is we do still have a good car but we are down compared to Mercedes just on pace, they just are quicker and we have to keep developing."

Isack Hadjar crossed the line in seventh in the second Red Bull, with reigning world champion Lando Norris in eighth.