CHARLES LECLERC won his third race of the season in an Austrian GP marred by accusations of homophobic and racist slurs in the crowd.
The largely Dutch crowd were left disappointed as they watched Leclerc overtake Max Verstappen three times on his way to victory.
Charles Leclerc won the Austrian GP
Lewis Hamilton finished P3 for a third consecutive race
Carlos Sainz retired with engine failure and dramatically bailed out after his car caught fire
F1 chiefs condemned the reported harassment and have taken up the matter with the Red Bull Ring.
But on the track the racing lived up to expectations yet again as the chequered flag marked the halfway stage of the campaign.
Lewis Hamilton took P3 for a third consecutive weekend, the Brit capitalising on some rotten luck for Carlos Sainz who retired yet again after his car caught fire.
Brit teammate George Russell made it a three-four for Mercedes on another good week for the Silver Arrows.
Leclerc managed to drag his car home despite having throttle problems towards the end.
Verstappen was closing fast in the final laps of the race, but Leclerc managed to coax his car home to score his first P1 since Australia.
Esteban Ocon (Alpine) took the chequered flag fifth ahead of Mick Schumacher (Haas), who backed up his first points in F1 last weekend with another top 10 finish.
Lando Norris (McLaren) finished seventh, with Kevin Magnussen (Haas) eighth, Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) ninth and Fernando Alonso (Alpine) rounding off the points in tenth.
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