Austrian Grand Prix 2017
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The Austrian GP standings:
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Discover the analysis of the Austrian Grand Prix carried out by our special correspondents in issue 2122 of AUTOhebdo, available from Monday evening in digital version on all platforms, and from Wednesday on newsstands.
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Sebastian Vettel now has a 20-point lead over Lewis Hamilton.
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Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) wins the Austrian GP at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg. The Finn is ahead of Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) and Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) on the podium.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) takes the points for 4th place ahead of Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari). Romain Grosjean (Haas) took 6th place ahead of the Force India of Sergio Pérez and Esteban Ocon. The Williams of Felipe Massa and Lance Stroll complete the top ten.
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) retired after a collision at the start as did Fernando Alonso (McLaren). Stoffel Vandoorne (McLaren) ranks 12th.
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Pérez finished 7th ahead of his teammate Ocon who held off at Massa. Stroll completes the top ten ahead of Palmer, Vandoorne and Hülkenberg.
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Bottas wins the Austrian GP ahead of Vettel and Ricciardo. Hamilton finished just off the podium ahead of Räikkönen and Grosjean.
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The leaders begin the last lap of the race.
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T70 – Ricciardo resists Hamilton as best he can to achieve a 23rd podium in F1.
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Bottas only has 2 laps left to cover before the end of the race. The Mercedes driver remains under pressure.
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T69 – Hamilton came back to within a second of Ricciardo. The Mercedes driver can activate his DRS.
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T68 – Vettel, slowed down by Pérez, finds himself 1″3 behind Bottas. The Finn's Mercedes is running with very damaged tires.
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T68 – Bottas is 4 laps from the checkered flag. The rain is still pending.
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T66 – Hamilton, back to 1″3 behind Ricciardo, demands all the power of his engine to try to overtake Ricciardo.
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The condition of the tires on Hamilton's Mercedes:
Someone's tire is about to go #F1 #AustrianGP pic.twitter.com/X3g812ExfV
- Mattzel89 (@ Mattzel89) July 9, 2017
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T65 – Hamilton remains 1″5 behind Ricciardo. Vettel also came back to 2s behind leader Bottas.
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T64 – Hamilton asks his team to monitor the degradation of his tires which seem relatively worn. The Mercedes driver nevertheless manages to threaten Ricciardo.
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T62 – Hamilton remains the fastest in the race and is less than 2 seconds behind Ricciardo, still 3rd.
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T60 – Hamilton further improves the fastest lap in the race. The Mercedes driver closes the gap on Ricciardo.
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T59 – Hamilton has just set the fastest lap in the race. The Mercedes driver seems safe from a Räikkönen return.
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T58 – Kvyat goes through the pits. The Toro Rosso driver is last in the standings.
