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Austrian Grand Prix: Ferrari's Charles Leclerc powers to pole position

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc blitzed qualifying to take pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix. The 21-year-old set two laps quick enough for pole and ended the session 0.259 seconds clear of Lewis Hamilton. However, the Mercedes driver faces a possible penalty for impeding Alfa Romeo's Kimi Raikkonen. Red Bull's Max Verstappen was third and Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas fourth, as Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel failed to go out in Q3 because of an engine problem. Relive the qualifying hour at the Red Bull Ring Vettel's car had a problem with the air-pressure line to the engine and Ferrari had to withdraw him from qualifying after failing to fix it in time. Hamilton sounded on edge throughout...
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