Russell suspects Ferrari were concerned the about potentially excessive wear on the legality plank on the underside of Leclerc’s car. He said they may have increased his tyre pressure when he made his final pit stop on lap 41.

Doing so would raise the car and reduce tyre wear but also negatively affect the car’s handling. Afterwards Leclerc said he had a problem with his car’s chassis from around lap 40.

“He’s not going to tell you that they’re close to being illegal,” Russell said.

“The only thing we can think of is they were running the car too low to the ground and they had to increase the tyre pressures for the last stint,” he said. Russell said when he caught Leclerc he noticed Ferrari “were using an engine mode that was making the engine slower at the end of the straight, which is where you have the most amount of plank wear.”

Austrian broadcaster ORF has just on-air cited Toto Wolff stating that the contract extension for Russell is as good as done – but they will wait until August to sign it:

Because Max Verstappen's exit clause at RBR is determined at the end of July. If Verstappen is not in the top 3 WDC at that point, he can leave Red Bull Racing.

Mercedes will wait to see if the clause is triggered of not. They do not expect it to trigger. So most likely George Russell's multi-year contract extension will be signed and announced in August.

Red Bull GmbH “does not wish to comment publicly on internal company or family decisions” and only says the following about the transaction between Yoovidhya and Fides: “Such a fiduciary solution is common in order to ensure long-term continuity in successful large companies.”

Motorsport-Total reports that likely this does not change the majority control and that the Yoovidhya family still holds the majority, just in a different structure.

Austrian media however do speculate on what is going on, since Red Bull is involved in other business areas in Austria – most notably, their TV station is currently changing managers too. CEO Oliver Mintzlaff disliked both Horner and the leaving TV manager – this might indicate Mintzlaff gaining more power within the company himself, with the shareholders finally trusting his judgement.

Ralf has a tendency of saying things that are actually true, especially in regards to Red Bull...

Beware of any photos though that claim to depict Toto entering Max' private plane, those are fake

I really enjoy watching the "Radio Rewind" videos this year. It's not just random team radiod anymore, but rather shows you the whole race from the drivers' perspectives with the most significant radio messages (conversations about tire changes and other strategy, how wet or dry the track is etc).