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Valtteri Bottas wins Austrian GP for his second victory of the year

By John Smith • Published: 09 Jul 2017 • 15:40

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A graphic shot of the cars which collided during lap one

THERE was drama in the first lap at the Austrian Grand Prix when Toro Rosso’s Daniil Kvyat hit Fernando Alonso’s McLaren, pushing it into Max Verstappen.

All three had to withdraw from the race leaving Bottas and championship leader Sebastian Vettel to battle it out for first place.

This was the first competitive race after Vettel admitted that he deliberately drove into Lewis Hamilton’s car in Azerbaijan and Hamilton after initially lapping quickly in the qualifying rounds, actually started in for him, lowly eighth position.

Whilst Bottas and Vettel had their own race, Hamilton quickly moved to fourth place although he was kept in that position by Daniel Ricciardo driving for Red Bull who finished third.

This was not a particularly exciting race apart from the drama in the first lap and the later battle between the first four.

Vettel continues to lead the championship by 20 points over Hamilton who must feel hard done by as Vettel received no ban or point deduction following the Azerbaijan incident.

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John Smith

Married to Ophelia in Gibraltar in 1978, John has spent much of his life travelling on security print and minting business and visited every continent except Antarctica. Having retired several years ago, the couple moved to their house in Estepona and John became a regular news writer for the EWN Media Group taking particular interest in Finance, Gibraltar and Costa del Sol Social Scene. Currently he is acting as Editorial Consultant for the paper helping to shape its future development. Share your story with us by emailing newsdesk@euroweeklynews.com, by calling +34 951 38 61 61 or by messaging our Facebook page www.facebook.com/EuroWeeklyNews

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