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The GP of Austria highlighted a new success for Mercedes. Recent history has supported this and the day of practice on Friday and Saturday, with a double by Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton in the fight for the "pole", pointed out that the silver balls were going to play the victory over the Web Bull Ring, the home of Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo
As this has not happened for years, the final story ended up being one of a debacle of two Mercedes and Red Bull's first triumph, with Verstappen, in his own home, in which at times they controlled the first and second positions, until unexpected "blisters" began to agonize tires, and where the race stopped, some cars had to do two.
Just like a week ago, the first position of the general has changed hands, and if in Paul Ricard Sebastian Vettel gave the advantage to the test winner, the Briton Lewis Hamilton, Austria l & 39; German, third in the race after the winner Max Verstappen and the other Ferrari driver, the Finnish Kimmi Raikkonen, have benefited from the dismissal of Lewis Hamilton for a problem of fuel pump.
This is not the only disaster of Mercedes, since the first abandonment of Valtteri Bottas because of hydraulic problems, they have not managed to manage the entrance to the garage of Hamilton then that the virtual safety car appeared and all the rivals who are behind came back to change tires, while the British had a good time with his in full wear and then underlined by the "blistering", and with the Appearance of blisters in them.
The race was made for the Mercedes, as in the last four citations of Austria. They came out on the front line to face the 71 laps of the race with authority. Bottas, "pole" for the second consecutive time in the Red Bull Ring, took a bad start, lost the first position before the first round, and Hamilton was placed first, with Kimi Raikkonen behind.
In another scenario, the Spanish Fernando Alonso (McLaren) entered the race from the right garage because of a penalty for having changed the front and, taking advantage of this penalty and to avoid a next week at Silverstone, also changed the MGU-K, corresponding to the energy recovery system. Alonso complained to his team of the lack of strategy because he did not want to be in 20th position in the overall position.
The Spaniard had to wait several times for him to be encouraged by where he was, thanks to the many withdrawals and overtaking on which we were working. In front, Hamiton calmly commanded and took three seconds off Bottas crossing the line for the seventh time.
Five years later, the first incidents happen, when the German Niko Hulkenberg can no longer change gear and that he has to stop his Renault, which unfortunately for the French driver will only be not the only incident in his thrusters. The German engine burned when crossing the finish line.
The first warning for Mercedes came in Valtteri Bottas' car, when the Finn was stuck in second gear after running a curve, and had to park the car. The way he left it, even though it was off-track, the virtual security car was connected, which was used by Hamilton's imminent pursuers (Verstappen, Ricciardo, Raikkonen and Vettel) to enter the Turn 12, while the garage did not say the same thing to English
On the radio, one of his strategists ended up asking for forgiveness for the mistake. It was not a good decision for Mercedes, who now had to wait for the same thing with a safety car and not lose sight of the fact that the race, rather than the victory, would eventually keep Vettel under control, who after all, he is the rival with which the title will have to be played.
On lap 21, Hamilton again sent ahead, but only 13 seconds behind Verstappen (second) and sixteen with Ricciardo (third), who made a lap past Raikkonen. Four laps later, Hamilton came in to change the wheels, and by entering he came in fourth, between the two Ferraris, stating that his war from now on was to keep Vettel behind.
At that time, Red Bull dominated the race with Verstappen and Ricciardo, who turned 29 today, came in second. On purpose or unintentionally, the Australian made an important stoppage between the third on the back, regarding the leader, his partner Verstappen. On lap 35, Carlos Sainz, with serious problems in the tires, had to enter the pits to get rid of the "blistering" punishment, which led him to lose alarming positions, something that He also had to do Ricciardo on lap 39, at his second stop. On this tour, Hamilton saw how Vettel pbaded him.
Subsequently, with the Hamilton Mercedes with obvious problems on its wheels because of the bulbs on the rear tires, on a very hot asphalt on a sunny day Spielberg, appeared a double question: to finish with the same tires at the price or change them as soon as possible to avoid losing the garage position with Ricciardo, then 19.2 seconds of English.
After getting further and further away from Vettel, Hamilton entered the 50th lap to change tires. And as they feared at Mercedes, the Englishman joined the track behind Ricciardo, although five laps later, the Australian eventually came out of a problem with his Reanult engine. Verstappen shot solo, five seconds ahead of Raikkonen, on lap 57, and Hamilton was fourth at 29 from Red Bull and just behind Vettel, which he had 22 seconds behind.
But in '63, Hamilton's car was saying enough and a problem in the gas pump brought out the other Mercedes, in an unusual event in a brand that besides overwhelming its rivals in recent years has shown enviable reliability. Without both Mercedes and Ricciardo's Red Bull, the race was already three: Verstappen losing gussets with wheels more and more to the limit and the two Ferrari as two coyotes after him.
The young Dutchman endured the unspeakable and added his first win this year, and the fourth of his record. After Verstappen and the two Ferrari, the two Haas finally managed to translate the good work in training to outstanding positions in the race, as the Frenchman Romain Grosjean finished fourth and his teammate, the Dane Kevin Magnussen, C & Was fifth.
The fight to be the fourth best team in the grid has fallen for the moment in the hands of the US team, ahead of the two Force India, who finished just behind the Haas. Thus, the Frenchman Esteban Ocon finished sixth and the Mexican Sergio "Checo". Perez, seventh.
Eighth deserving place signed by the Spanish Fernando Alonso, who during the weekend still suffered in training with his McLaren, with which he came out last of the garage street, to be penalized , and finished in points, breaking a series of three races without scratching anything. Carlos Sainz (Renault), twelfth, did not score. It's the second time this season that Spanish does not add points.
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