Norris dominates, Verstappen DNFs, and rookies clash! Get the full Austrian GP recap—no tech talk, just drama, chaos, and tea from Trackside Tea.

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Hey. Hey. And welcome back to Trackside Tea where we skip the data but never miss the drama. I'm Rebecca. And today, we're heading straight into the chaos of the 2025 Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring.

Think pole to win, rookie collisions, team brawls, and maybe even a little redemption story? Let's go.

Carlos chaos.

Okay. So let's start at the beginning of the race.

The racing team's pit crew have left them all sat on the grid to get going for the formation lap. Flags blown and off they go, except poor Carlos Sainz. He couldn't get the car to move. He just stayed there. The mechanics (*marshalls) ran to his aid.

They were shooed off as they weren't allowed to even touch the car until they had permission from the FIA. Permission came and they rushed on again to try and push start him. Well, that's what it looked like anyway. By this time the rest of the pack were over halfway around the track already. Next thing we saw was Carlos's car off and running down the track.

We have to admit it seemed very much a Sonny Hayes move to start with. Those of you who have watched the film will get that reference. Those of you who have not, I don't want to give too many spoilers.

Because of this, an aborted start was called, which meant all the pit crew having to run back to the cars to cover the tyres and the drivers and cooling systems down.

Those poor folks. Some of them have full race suits on as well. I do not envy them in that heat at all.

Carlos drove into the pits instead of the back of the grid. We assumed because the the problem that had happened maybe he had to start there instead. When he stopped he said "I feel like the brakes are still on" and poof they went up in flames.

The crew were on it instantly with coolant and fire extinguishers, but it just seemed to be a battle they weren't winning because it looked like from our perspective that every time they put it out, it started again. Eventually, they pulled him back into the garage, and the call was made to end his race there and then, a DNS, did not start. Poor Carlos.

They panned to James Vowles, the team principal, and he had his head in his hands.

Bless him. But I will skip a little bit ahead in the race as that wasn't the only issue for the poor Williams team. Alex Albon was out by lap 13. He came to the pits and then his car was retired. So both cars out for Williams.

That's not the only chaos in the race though with only 16 cars actually finishing, but we'll come to that in a bit.

Norris storms home.

Lando Norris. What a race. I said George was cool, calm, and collected last race, well Lando had it in the bag this week.

From pole all the way to the checkered flag, his third win of the season was total dominance even with fending off his teammate Oscar Piastri. To be fair, it was obvious Lando was up for it this weekend as in practice he topped the two he was in. They had a newbie driver for P1 in his car. So he didn't do P1. He did P2 and P3 though.

Then he topped qualifying one and two, so it would have been a cruel twist of fate, which would have caused him not to get pole in Q3. But not only did he get it, he got it with style and the biggest margin of the season so far. 0.521 seconds ahead of second place. That's unheard of, particularly on this track. It's such a short track. You would normally do I think it's 0.1. I don't think it's anything more than that. That it's 0.5. That's just insane. And I know I don't normally do, stats on here, but that's insane.

McLaren as a team had an epic race taking a one two finish and proving once again that they had the pace and the strength this season. And on top of that, the FIA...