Battle with Rosberg gives victory to Hamilton in Austria

It was a dramatic finish that took place at the Austrian Grand Prix. The two MercedesMercedes-BenzGermany, 1924 > present197 models
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entered the last lap fighting for victory with Rosberg in front, but a collision between the two drivers ended up damaging the championship leader's car and handed victory to Lewis Hamilton who thus again cut his teammate's advantage in the world championship standings.

 

With the damaged car Rosberg eventually fell to fourth place behind Max Verstappen's Red BullRed BullAustria, 2004 > present12 models
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 and Kimi Raikkonen's FerrariFerrariItaly, 1947 > present233 models
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. The German from Mercedes remains in the championship lead but saw his lead cut from 24 to 11 points.

 

The race began with Hamilton finally taking advantage from starting from pole position to take the early lead of the race. Running with super soft tires the Brit remained ahead of Raikkonen, with Rosberg starting from sixth place due to a penalty for a gear box change after crashing in the final practice session. The German immediately managed to go up to fifth place and after overtaking Jenson Button and moving up to fourth he made the first tire change dropping to 15th. However, Hamilton chose to stay longer with ultra soft and eventually let Rosberg recover up to a 21-second margin when the British driver came to the pits. A problem changing a tire made Hamilton lose time which handed Vettel the lead as soon as Raikkonen came went to change tires.

 

After Vettel retired when he was leading due to an explosion in the right rear tire, both Mercedes were leading ahead of Verstappen and Ricciardo's Red Bulls and Raikkonen. With the safety car off track Mercedes moved away quickly and returned to discussing the lead in the tire changes. Rosberg got the best of it once again. After both Mercedes changed tires they had to overtake Verstappen who at this time was trying to reach the end of the race with the soft tires.

 

After overtaking the Red Bull driver the two Mercedes ended up fighting for the win, with the outcome to dictate a collision between them that made Rosberg fall to fourth place, ahead of Ricciardo.

 

Jenson Button who at some point was driving in fourth scored once again for McLarenMcLarenUnited Kingdom, 1963 > present92 models
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to finish in sixth place, ahead of Romain Grosjean and Carlos Sainz Jr. Benefiting from a crash of Sergio Perez in the closing stages of the race, due to mechanical problems, Williams' Valtteri Bottas finished the race in ninth place and Pascal Wehrlein gave the first point of the season to ManorManor RacingUnited Kingdom, 2008 > present1 model
.

 

Results Austrian Grand Prix

Pos	Driver	Team	Time
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1h27m38.107s
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	5.719s
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	6.024s
4	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	26.710s
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	30.981s
6	Jenson Button	McLaren	37.706s
7	Romain Grosjean	Haas	44.668s
8	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	47.400s
9	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	1 Lap
10	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor	1 Lap
11	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas	1 Lap
12	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1 Lap
13	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	1 Lap
14	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	1 Lap
15	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1 Lap
16	Rio Haryanto	Manor	1 Lap
17	Sergio Perez	Force India	Brakes
18	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	Power Unit
19	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	Brakes
20	Felipe Massa	Williams	Brakes
-	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	Tyre
-	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	Mechanical