Ferrari’s team principal admitted critical design flaws made the car agonizingly slow during Monday’s race. Lewis Hamilton branded the humiliating finish a brutal wake-up call, blasting Ferrari’s lack of speed for torpedoing their result. McLaren’s Zak Brown downplayed swirling rumors of Max Verstappen possibly switching teams, joking it was just idle chatter.
Aston Martin’s Adrian Newey offered a brief medical update after skipping the event. Moments later , Hamilton and Verstappen exchanged fiery words over aggressive racing moves in Austria . Hamilton vowed to scrutinize Ferrari’s peculiar race patterns, warning they won’t go unchecked.