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The Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull) was the winner on Sunday of the Austrian Grand Prix and the German Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) regained the World Formula 1 finish at the end of a race where tire wear and mechanical problems were decisive
Behind the Dutchman, winner of his fourth race since F1, entered the Ferrari of the Finnish Kimi Raikkonen and the German Sebastian Vettel, who took over the leadership of the world after the Mercedes of the British Lewis Hamilton and the Finnish Valtteri Bottas abandoned because of mechanical problems
Spanish Fernando Alonso who had left the "pit lane" for a penalty, finished eighth and returned to the points after three races without do it [1 9459005] and Carlos Sainz (Renault) was twelfth
The race had different leaders, since Lewis Hamilton has already ripped the first position in the first corner of his partner Valtteri Bottas, who has had to abandon the race on the 15th lap due to hydraulic pressure problems. For this reason, the release of the virtual safety car did not help much Hamilton, since all his persecutors came in to change tires and the English had to endure the severe degradation with which he started the race.
On lap 25, Hamilton entered to change tires and at the entry of the track he was fourth, between the two Ferrari, Verstapen already being in the lead of the race
With the increase of temperature, serious tire degradation problems began to appear. to the dreaded "blister" that deforms the tire and forces you to take care of it or change it, with the disadvantage of wasting time in a race where you stopped.
Ricciardo had to change tires for the second time 39, and in the same line Vettel overtook Hamilton, who in the 53 had to enter the pits to put other tires before the serious degradation suffered. Despite being joined right in front of Ricciardo, the Englishman left in 63 for a problem in the pressure of the gasoline. The Australian, who celebrated his 29th birthday today, finally ended up "celebrating" his birthday with an abandonment (at 55 years old).
In the last part of the race, despite Verstappen's tires to the limit, the Young Dutchman kept the car firmly and led for the first time to victory in Austria, the house of his team, and break with the tradition of Mercedes, which since this grand prize has returned to the calendar of F1 (in 2014)
The podium is also composed of the two Ferrari, which in the last leg of the race does not have a car. have received no indication, apart from that received by Raikkonen to attack Verstappen, winner this year for the first time in a race, but who has three more in his history. Today was Red Bull 's third win this year, after both Ricciardo in China and Monaco.
Despite Vettel's third position, the fact that Hamilton did not finish the race, gives the German once again the leadership of the World Championship, which lost last week in the Grand Prix from France in the hands of the British, who won the race.
Finally, Fernando Alonso could break the series of three consecutive races without scoring, and thanks to the problems of Drivers ahead and his trick in overtaking, McLaren of the Spaniard could enter eighth, in a race in which, by the pain, had left the garage street for changing the front of his car and the MGU-K at the time, which will get rid of another penalty next week at Silverstone.
The other Spaniard, Carlos Sainz, also with tire problems, could finish the race, but this time out of the points, in the twelfth position. This is the second time with Bahrain that the Spanish do not score. / EFE
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