GPI 2017 Austrian Grand Prix | Page 88

RACE REPORT Prior to that the only other real drama was the first turn collision which resulted in instant DNFs for Verstappen and McLaren driver Fernando Alonso. Verstappen had a clutch issue and was slow off the line, he was immediately engulfed by Alonso and Daniil Kvyat’s Toro Rosso as they zoomed into Turn 1. Kvyat overdid it and smacked the rear of Alonso’s McLaren who clipped the Red Bull of luckless Verstappen. Although Kvyat survived, and was handed a drive through penalty for