SPIELBERG, Austria — The Austrian Grand Prix saw Mercedes return to the top of the podium, only this time it was George Russell standing there for the first time since March’s season-opener in Australia.Subsequently, his 19-year-old teammate Kimi Antonelli has been on a tear.But Russell benefited from a critical moment in qualifying. Max Verstappen, who went on to finish second in an upgraded Red Bull, crashed at Turn 9 on Saturday. Russell lifted off the throttle in accordance with the single-yellow flag but continued his lap, while Antonelli mistakenly thought they were double-yellow flags and abandoned his.Track position and bold pit-strategy decisions aided Russell’s victory, narrowing the gap between him and Antonelli in the driver standings to 40 points heading into the British Grand Prix.Meanwhile, on the heels of Lewis Hamilton’s big win in Barcelona, Ferrari faced questions about its lack of pace, and the pecking order among the frontrunners has become more muddled as the development battle continues.With just three races to go before the summer shutdown, there’s plenty to unpack after a busy weekend on and off the track in the Styrian mountains. Let’s dive into your post-Austrian GP questions.Editor’s note: Questions have been lightly edited for clarity and brevity.Can Mercedes keep ahead of the upgrade packages that their competitors are continuing to bring in? — joydeep.biswasA technical development battle is unfolding. It is skewing the field and making it harder for midfield teams to catch up. As Charles Leclerc noted in Austria, “As a whole, it’s difficult to understand the pecking order this year.”The rate of development at Ferrari is different to that at McLaren, Red Bull and Mercedes, as the Italian team hasn’t exactly slowed down on the upgrades. Typically, there are ebbs and flows across an entire season, big upgrades spaced out with some smaller bits in-between. Mercedes’ last big upgrade came in Montreal at the end of May, and for Red Bull before Austria, its last of that magnitude was in Miami at the beginning of May.“It’s a race of upgrades, a consistent pattern from a competitiveness point of view,” McLaren team principal Andrea Stella said Saturday, “and I think this sets for us the usual requirement and demand in terms of bringing our own upgrades.”