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Rene Rast Wins Red Bull Ring Race 1 After Aitken’s Last-Lap Crash as BMW Locks Out 1-2 and Takes Points Lead

A last‑lap error by Jack Aitken triggered a championship lead change in an exceptionally tight title fight.

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Rast hält alle Konkurrenten hinter sich
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Overview

  • Starting second, Rast passed polesitter Marco Wittmann on lap three and consolidated control with a rapid 5.8-second Schubert-BMW pit stop.
  • Aitken gained second place on strategy with an undercut before crashing into the barriers on the final lap, promoting Wittmann to P2 and Thierry Vermeulen to P3.
  • Rast now leads the standings on 157 points, with Lucas Auer on 155 after finishing 12th and Jordan Pepper on 154, leaving the top contenders separated by only a few points.
  • Ben Green finished fourth, Maro Engel took fifth while nursing a smoking Winward Mercedes to the flag, and Thomas Preining and Jordan Pepper claimed sixth and seventh.
  • Pit execution and penalties proved pivotal as Ricardo Feller’s botched Land-Audi stop cost nearly 15 seconds and Gilles Magnus received a five-place grid drop for Sunday.