SPIELBERG, Austria -- Max Verstappen has kept his remarkable Austrian Grand Prix victory after a stewards' investigation into his wheel-banging move on Charles Leclerc three laps from the finish came to nothing.
Verstappen muscled his way past Leclerc at Turn 3, lunging down the gap the Ferrari driver had left on the inside. The pair then banged wheels, which forced Leclerc wide and prompted him to open his radio channel and ask "what the hell was that?"
Speaking straight after the race, Verstappen said: "It's hard racing otherwise we have to stay home. If those things are not allowed in racing, what is the point of being in F1?