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Rosberg tops Hamilton in Austria

NICO Rosberg won the Austrian Formula One Grand Prix for the second year in a row in a Mercedes one-two finish with teammate Lewis Hamilton yesterday.

Hamilton’s overall championship lead was cut to 10 points, after eight of the 19 races, with the Briton starting on pole position but beaten crucially into the first corner by the determined German.

The victory was Rosberg’s third of the season, to Hamilton’s four, and left him on 159 points to his teammate’s 169.

“I will try from now on,” grinned Rosberg when asked why he did not drive every race like that.

“It’s an awesome feeling of course to win again here. The start made the race.”

Any hopes of a thrilling chase to the end were dashed when the double world champion, who finished 3.8 seconds behind, collected a five-second penalty for a pit lane infringement on the 35th of the 71 laps around the Spielberg circuit.

Brazilian Felipe Massa finished a distant third for Williams after holding off Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, who lost crucial seconds on his one pitstop when the wheel gun jammed on his right rear tire.

Vettel’s teammate Kimi Raikkonen and McLaren’s Fernando Alonso collided and crashed into the barriers at the second corner, bringing out the safety car for five laps as the wreckage was removed.

The McLaren ended up on top of the Ferrari, fortunately without hitting Raikkonen’s head or hands, and perched on the barriers around the circuit.

Alonso, who had started on the back row of the grid after collecting a 25-place drop following engine and gearbox changes, said the collision with his former Ferrari teammate had been a scary moment.

Williams’s Valtteri Bottas finished fifth, ahead of 2015 Le Mans 24 Hours winner Nico Hulkenberg in a Force India and Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado seventh for Lotus. Max Verstappen, the 17-year-old Dutch rookie, was eighth for Toro Rosso after struggling to control his car on worn tires at the end and Mexican Sergio Perez made it a double points finish for Force India.

Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo grabbed a consolation point for the unhappy hosts with 10th place on a cloudy day.




 

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