Lewis Hamilton is among the many drivers who’ve been demoted in place for the Austrian Grand Prix after a raft of time penalties have been added some 5 hours after the chequered flag.

Max Verstappen comfortably gained his fifth race in a row, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc coming house second and Sergio Perez ending third.

Whereas the rostrum remained unchanged, Sainz was given a 10-second time penalty – dropping him from fourth to sixth – whereas Hamilton was given the identical punishment, shifting him down a spot to P8.

McLaren’s Lando Norris subsequently strikes as much as fourth and Fernando Alonso up a spot to fifth.

Alpine’s Pierre Gasly additionally had 10 seconds added on to his closing time, dropping him right down to 10^th from ninth, swapping spots with Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll.

Esteban Ocon was given an astonishing 30-second time penalty post-race, with the Williams pairing of Alex Albon and Logan Sargeant given 10-second punishments.

Lastly, the AlphaTauri duo of Nyck de Vries and Yuki Tsunoda have been punished with 15 and 5 seconds respectively.

It marked a chaotic and befuddling finish to a weekend the place practically each driver was warned and punished for exceeding monitor limits, notably at turns 9 and 10.

In Sunday’s race, there have been an unlimited complete of 83 lap occasions deleted all through the 71-lap grand prix. An Aston Martin attraction triggered the raft of penalties and positional modifications.

The FIA famous of their closing evaluation: “The Stewards very strongly suggest {that a} resolution be discovered to the monitor limits state of affairs at this circuit.”

A gravel entice on the skin of the ultimate nook – flip 10 – was beneficial by the race director final 12 months and now appears to be like a probable addition on the Purple Bull Ring in Spielberg.

The monitor and occasion signed a brand new deal with F1 on Sunday, extending their partnership till 2030.