Charles Leclerc came agonizingly close to becoming an F1 race-winner in
Bahrain and he was denied that honor again at the Austrian Grand Prix after
being overtaken two laps from the end by a brilliant Max Verstappen who closed
out his second win in two years at the Red Bull Ring.
Valtteri Bottas finished third on the road for Mercedes, while a late
overtake on Lewis Hamilton saw Sebastian Vettel finish fourth after making a
two-stop strategy work, with Hamilton coming home in fifth, the first time he’s
finished outside the top two this year.
Behind Hamilton, Lando Norris was a fantastic sixth for McLaren, holding
off the Red Bull of Pierre Gasly, while Carlos Sainz, having started at the
back of the grid, was eighth, ahead of the two Alfa Romeos of Kimi Raikkonen
and Antonio Giovinazzi, the Italian scoring his first ever F1 point.
After back-to-back races in France and Austria,
F1 returns at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on July 12-14. Sebastian
Vettel won there last year for Ferrari – and having once again come so close to
victory, how dearly the Scuderia would love to repeat that Silverstone win
there in 2019.
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