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Bottas pips Hamilton as Mercedes shine in Austria

Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas pipped Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton to claim his first pole position of the season at the Austrian Grand Prix. The Finn surged to the top of the times after the first run in Q3 before going to lower his benchmark to a 1:03.130s, which ultimately proved unbeatable. Hamilton, who ran wide at Turn 3 on his first run, tried his best to better his opposite number, but fell 0.019s shy having been 0.5s adrift after his first effort. 'The car felt so good,' said Bottas. 'In the last run I knew there was a tenth to improve from the first run – managed to find it, apparently I needed it.” Equipped with a significant aero update the Mercedes cars...
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