Red Bull's win in Austria a salute to team's late founder, Dietrich Mateschitz

A triumphant Max Verstappen delivered another perfect performance in Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix as Red Bull saluted their founder on "home" turf at the Red Bull Ring.

In the first race in Austria since the death last year of Dietrich Mateschitz, the man who created Red Bull and the modern Red Bull Ring track, defending double world champion Verstappen came home 5.155 seconds clear of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, with Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez third to complete a memorable podium.

Team chief Christian Horner beamed as he recalled Verstappen's successful late decision to risk a pitstop and steal the fastest lap from Perez.

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"No risk, no fun!" he said. "That's what Dietrich always said, and I think he would have enjoyed that race.

"He was our leader, our founder - he created all this, and he was Red Bull!

"And, despite him not being here, and his presence, you feel him here, and I think, hopefully, watching down, he would have enjoyed that one."

He added that Red Bull had "strategically" executed a perfect race.

"We got all our tools right, staying out at the first VSC (Virtual Safety Car) was crucial, particularly for Checo - and we had great pace.

"Of course, there was a risk in that last bit, but he's been on form all weekend, and we thought it was worth the risk."

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The 42nd victory

Verstappen's 42nd career victory lifted him one clear of Ayrton Senna into fifth on the list of all-time winners and took him 81 points ahead of Perez in the Drivers' championship.

It was his fifth consecutive win, his fifth at the Red Bull Ring circuit and a record fourth in an Austrian Grand