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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 of Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton in the fight for the "pole", pointed out that the silver balls were going to take the victory in the Red Bull Ring, home of Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo.
As this has not happened in years, the final story ended up being that of a debacle of the two Mercedes and the first triumph of Red Bull, with Verstappen, in his clean house. where, in a few moments, they had the first and second positions controlled, until the unexpected "blister" began to agonize the tires and the race stopped, some cars had to make two.
a week ago, the first position of the general owner changes, and if in Paul Ricard Sebastian Vettel gave direction to the test winner, the British Lewis Hamilton, Austria's German, third of the race after the winner Max Versta Ppen and the other Ferrari driver, the Finnish Kimmi Raikkonen, benefited from the dismissal of Lewis Hamilton for a fuel pump problem.
This is not the only Mercedes disaster, since in the first abandonment, hydraulic problems Valtteri Bottas, failed to manage the entrance to Hamilton's garage while the virtual safety car appeared and all the rivals who were behind yes they came to change tires, while the British had a good time with the he was dressed and then underlined by the "blistering", and with the appearance of blisters.
The race was made for the Mercedes, as in the last four events in 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, made a bad start, lost the first position before the first round, and Hamilton was placed there, with Kimi Raikkonen behind.
In another scenario, the Spanish Fernando Alonso (McLaren) entered the race from the right garage due to a penalty for change of front and, taking advantage of this penalty and to avoid another next week at Silverstone, also changed the MGU-K, corresponding to the recovery system
Alonso complained to his team of lack of strategy because he did not want to be in 20th place in 20 The Spaniard had to wait several times for him to be encouraged by where he was, thanks to the many starts and overtaking he was working on.
Previously, Hamiton commanded calmly and took three seconds behind Bottas when he crossed the finish line for the seventh time. Five years later, the first incident occurred, when the German Niko Hulkenberg could not change gears and had to stop his Renault, which unfortunately for the French biker would not be the only failure of his propellers. The German engine was burned by the finish line
The first warning for Mercedes came in Valtteri Bottas' car, when the Finn was stuck in second gear after pbading a curve, and had to Park The way he left it, although off the track, the virtual security car was connected, which took advantage of Hamilton's looming pursuers (Verstappen, Riccierdo, Raikkonen and Vettel) to enter the 12th turn to change wheels, while the garage did not say the same thing in English. On the radio, one of his strategists ended up asking for forgiveness for the mistake.
Mercedes had not made a good decision, which now had to wait for the same thing with a safety car and not lose sight of the race, More than victory, it is now in Vettel, who after all will be the rival with whom the title will have to be played, to keep control.
On lap 21, Hamilton is still 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 when he entered, he came in fourth, between the two Ferraris, specifying that his war from now on was to keep Vettel behind. At that time, Red Bull commanded the race with Verstappen and in second position Ricciardo, who today is 29 years old.
By the way or inadvertently, the Australian made a significant stop between the third-back, compared to the leader, his partner Verstappen
On lap 35, Carlos Sainz, with serious problems in the tires, had to to get into the pits to get rid of the "blistering" punishment, which led him to lose alarming positions, something that Ricciardo also had to do on lap 39, at his second stop. On this tour, Hamilton saw how Vettel pbaded him.
Subsequently, the Hamilton Mercedes had obvious problems on its wheels because of the bulbs on the rear tires, on a very hot asphalt on a sunny day Spielberg, it appeared a double question: finish with the same tires at the price that they were or change them as soon as possible to avoid at the garage exit losing position with Ricciardo, in those moments to 19.2 seconds of English.
Once again at a distance 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 was found stuck by a problem with his Reanult engine.
Verstappen was shooting solo, five seconds ahead of Raikkonen Hamilton in fourth place at Red Bull's 29th and just behind Vettel, which he had at 22 seconds
But at age 63, the Hamilton's car was saying enough and a problem at the pump the gasoline took the other Mercedes out of competition, in an unusual event in a brand that, in addition to overwhelming its rivals in recent years has shown reliability enviable.
Without the two Mercedes, nor the Red Bull Ricciardo, the race There were already only three: Verstappen losing bellows with wheels more and more to the limit and the two Ferrari as two coyotes behind him. The young Dutchman has endured the unspeakable and added his first win this year, and the fourth in his history.
After Verstappen and the two Ferrari, the two Haas finally managed to translate the good work during training to outstanding positions in the race, as Frenchman Romain Grosjean finished fourth and his teammate, the Dane Kevin Magnussen, finished fifth.
The fight to be the fourth best team on the grid fell into the hands of the American team, for ahead of the two Force India, who found themselves right 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 whom he left last of the garage street, to be penalized , and finished in points, break a series of three races without scratching anything.
Who did not score was Carlos Sainz (Renault), twelfth. It's the second time this season that Spanish does not add points.
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