'Max wasn't born to be in the midfield' - did Austria buy Red Bull more time to keep Verstappen?
The Austrian GP was the result Red Bull needed, but is it enough to start convincing Max Verstappen to stay around?
Car launch week has started.

Sauber has released the first images of its C36-Ferrari, which will be driven in 2017 by Marcus Ericsson and Pascal Werhlein.
With no Felipe Nasr in the squad the Banco de Brasil sponsorship is no more, switching to white with a marked lack of logos on the car. Instead the car is currently celebrating the team’s 25 years of F1.
The images give a better idea of how the rear wing changes will look, and features a more striking sharkfin than the Williams.

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