FORMULA ONE
Lewis Hamilton aims to pull away from Vettel in Austria
Spielberg — The Formula One lead has changed hands four times in eight Grands Prix so far this season but Lewis Hamilton hopes to put more daylight between himself and Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel in Austria this weekend. The Mercedes driver is 14 points clear of his rival and fellow four-times world champion after winning in France on Sunday and heads to Spielberg confident of continuing the momentum. Mercedes have not been beaten at the scenic circuit, Red Bull’s home territory, since the race returned to the calendar in 2014, four victories in a row. The 2017 victory went to Finn Valtteri Bottas, who started from pole after his British teammate was demoted to eighth by a grid penalty for a gearbox change, though Hamilton triumphed in 2016. That 2016 podium was exactly the same as last weekend’s at Le Castellet, with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen second and Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen third. Hamilton hoped it would be business as usual for Mercedes at Spielberg. "I think Austria should be ...
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