Motor racing-F1 finds controversy on the wrong side of a white line


Formula One F1 - Austrian Grand Prix - Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria - July 2, 2023 Ferrari's Carlos Sainz Jr. and McLaren's Lando Norris in action during the race REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

LONDON (Reuters) - Max Verstappen's dominance was on full display at Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix, with his fifth win in a row for Red Bull from pole and with the fastest lap, but the white lines painted around the track provided as big a talking point.

The most technological of sports struggled to keep up as the world's top drivers, including Mercedes' seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton, repeatedly strayed off the strip of asphalt.

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