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Williams: Double-points finish unexpected after qualifying woe

Claire Williams and Paddy Lowe admitted they didn't expect to score Williams's first double-points finish of the 2017 Formula 1 season in Austria after its worst qualifying in three years. Williams had no explanation for losing both cars in Q1 for the first time since the rain-hit session for the 2014 British Grand Prix, with Felipe Massa and Lance Stroll 17th and 18th respectively. But a first-lap collision that involved Daniil Kvyat, Fernando Alonso and Max Verstappen, helped Massa and Stroll gain seven places apiece before the end of the opening lap. Both showed strong race pace, with Massa finishing ninth and Stroll 10th, the latter scoring points for the third successive race....
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