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The victory in Austria was won by Valtteri Bott, representing Mercedes. After gaining qualification and starting the race from first position, the Finns did not have the same level in the season opener for the second consecutive year.
Valtteri Bottas takes the first victory of the season for the second consecutive year! ?#AustrianGP ? ﾟ ﾇ ﾹ # F1 @ValtteriBottas @ MercedesAMGF1 pic.twitter.com/5teSfAYGms
– Formula 1 (@ F1) July 5, 2020
At the start of the race, technical problems were entrusted to Dutchman Max Verstappen. On the eleventh lap, his Red Bull car suddenly lost power and speed, and the racer himself managed to drive to the service area, but Verstappen was unable to continue the race.
Lewis Hamilton took advantage of the failure of the Netherlands, who moved up to second position before Verstappen. Along with teammate Mercedes, Bots led the British for most of the race, but his final position was determined by an incident ten laps before the end of the race.
Hamilton did not avoid contact with Alex Bull, representing Red Bull, and was sentenced to five seconds. Although Hamilton and Bott finished almost together, the British fell to fourth place in the final standings, ahead of second placed Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) and third, Land Norris (McLaren).
Leclerco’s final position should have been a great pleasure for Ferrari after extremely disappointing results in Saturday’s qualifying rounds. The French driver himself later said that his team’s cars have no chance to compete with top Mercedes competitors this year.
The technical problem was shuffled not only by Verstappen but also by two other racers, Daniel Ricciardo (Renault) and Lance Stroll (Racing Point), and another Finnish racer, Kimi Raikkonen, did not end after his car lost the wheel. .
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