SPIELBERG (REUTERS)

George Russell won the Austrian ​Grand Prix from pole position on Sunday to trim ⁠Mercedes teammate Kimi Antonelli's Formula ​One lead ​to ‌40 points.

Max Verstappen ⁠finished ​1.6 seconds adrift, after crashing in qualifying and starting fifth, ‌at his Red Bull team's ‌home circuit with Antonelli third and 0.3 ​behind after a thrilling chase to the line.

The win was Russell's second of ‌the season, after ​he took the opener in Australia, and Mercedes' seventh in ​eight ‌rounds ⁠so ‌far.

Antonelli has ‌171 points to Russell's 131 with ⁠Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton, fifth ​on Sunday after running second and battling Verstappen wheel-to-wheel, on 125.