Race control was tasked with reviewing more than 1200 instances of cars having reportedly exceeded track limits – all of which came through Turns 9 and 10 at the Red Bull Ring – by running over the painted white lines that denote the edge of the circuit with all four tyres.
For a 71-lap race, that works out as an average of 17 potential incidents per tour or 60 possible infringements for each of the 20 drivers.
Once the cases had been fully reviewed and new penalties applied, the final classification was declared at 21:46 local time, 4hrs51mins after the provisional resul …