Austrian GP chaos as recovery truck crashes on racetrack in embarrassing moment

The Porsche Supercup race at the Austrian Grand Prix was delayed on Sunday after a tow truck recovery vehicle crashed into an overhead advertising board. The incident occurred after the Formula Two feature race, which was won by Richard Verschoor, who takes over the lead of the Driver's Championship standings from McLaren junior Alex Dunne. The Irishman recovered from seventh to finish second, but this wasn't enough to keep hold of the series lead.

After the chequered flag dropped, a recovery truck entered the circuit to recover the stricken Rodin Motorsport machine of Amaury Cordeel. However, after loading up the car and heading around the lap, it collided with an overhead advertising board, bringing it crashing down onto the asphalt.

After some time, the billboard was cut in half and removed from the circuit. Track workers were then forced to fix the guardrails before the Porsche Supercup event was finally allowed to start. Unfortunately for fans of the series, the support race was trimmed from 30 minutes to 17, ensuring that the F1 Grand Prix will not be delayed.

The truck incident wasn't the only track chaos at the Red Bull Ring this weekend. During the second part of qualifying on Saturday, a red flag was waved after a spot of grass on the start-finish straight caught ablaze following a short off-track excursion from Lewis Hamilton.

The red flag had little impact on the outcome of Q2, though, with Lando Norris cementing his dominance, which carried throughout all free practice and qualifying sessions. The Brit had a miserable weekend in Montreal last time out but has bounced back in style at the Red Bull Ring.

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Norris stormed to pole position by over half a second - the largest margin of the season so far. "To come into this weekend and at least move in the right direction was very positive and very reassuring for myself, most of all, but probably for us as a team as well, so a big thanks to them.

"The feelings I've been requiring, the feelings that I've not been getting as easily, when they are more my way and more where I want them to be, I can put in better performances and have days like today."

The Bristol-born racer went on to add: "It's very satisfying, but, again, it's about consistency. Everyone can be a hero in one weekend. It's progress. It's steps forward. I'm very happy with today, but it's still a long journey. It's a long season. The job I needed to do today, I did. And it doesn't make up for the last few weekends or anything, but I did it today, and that's what mattered."