For a sport in which speed and quick reaction go hand in hand, the torturously slow wait for the winner of the Austrian Grand Prix to be declared seemed almost wilfully perverse. More than three hours passed after Max Verstappen had taken the chequered flag before he was officially confirmed as victor, by which time everyone bar the packer-uppers and journalists had left the track.
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Written by Giles Richards
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2019/jul/01/austrian-grand-prix-stewards under the title “Sebastian Vettel calls for drivers to be the judges after F1’s longest day | Giles Richards”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
