Max Verstappen hailed his "incredible" team after sealing a second consecutive dominant victory at the Red Bull Ring to take control of the Formula 1 drivers' championship.
Starting on pole, Verstappen led comfortably throughout and was even able to stop for a second time in order to seal an extra point for the fastest lap, with the final margin of victory 17 seconds.
The Dutchman has now won the last three races in a row and five Grands Prix this season, enabling him to extend his lead over title rival Lewis Hamilton to 32 points.
Speaking after the race, Verstappen said that his RB16B felt like it "was on rails", admitting that he did not expect to win by such a margin.
“The car was on rails on every tyre set we put on, it was really enjoyable to drive, and really insane,” said Verstappen. “I’m a bit amazed myself how today went, I didn’t expect it to be like this.
"Incredible job by everyone to deliver something like this.
“Of course when you go into the weekend everyone sees you as the favourite, but it’s never easy to actually always deliver what we did today. A great effort by the whole team and also by Honda, I think the whole package. These two weeks here have been incredible.”
Verstappen was cheered on by his orange army throughout the Austrian Grand Prix weekend and said that having the additional support gave him "extra motivation".
“It was insane today to see all the fans here, first of all, and of course so much orange is just incredible,” he added.
“And a great motivation as well. Especially the last lap and the in-lap, there was a lot of orange all over the track, so than you very much for coming.”
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