AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX
Bottas holds off Vettel in thriller
The victory from pole position was the second of the season and of his career for Valtteri Bottas
Spielberg — Valtteri Bottas won a cliffhanger Austrian Grand Prix for Mercedes on Sunday with Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel finishing a mere 0.6sec behind to increase his lead over Lewis Hamilton to 20 points after nine races. Hamilton, Bottas’s teammate, started in eighth place after a grid penalty triggered by an unscheduled gearbox change and finished fourth. Vettel now has 171 points to Hamilton’s 151. Bottas is third overall on 136. "I had a bit of déjà vu in the end from Russia," said Bottas, referring to his first Formula One win at Sochi in April when Vettel again almost reeled him in at the finish and also crossed the line 0.6 behind. "At the beginning I could control the race but it was trickier towards the end." Australian Daniel Ricciardo finished third for Red Bull for his fifth successive podium finish with Hamilton pushing him hard to the chequered flag. The victory from pole position was the second of the season and of his career for Bottas. Apart from the closing laps,...
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