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Leclerc tops dramatic practice session as Bottas & Verstappen crash out

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc set the pace in a dramatic second practice session at the Austrian Grand Prix as Valtteri Bottas and Max Verstappen crashed. Mercedes driver Bottas and Red Bull's Verstappen both went off heavily, the session stopped each time for their badly damaged cars to be recovered. And Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel also had a big spin, just avoiding a crash. Leclerc ended up ahead of Bottas, Red Bull's Pierre Gasly and championship leader Lewis Hamilton. It is almost unprecedented for three such big-name drivers to have such significant incidents in one session - especially when no-one else crashed. And it meant the times were not representative because, of the top four at the...
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