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Confirmed: Hamilton hit by three place grid penalty!

Lewis Hamilton has been demoted three places on the grid for the Austrian Grand Prix by race stewards as punishment for blocking a rival on track during qualifying. It means that Hamilton loses his provisional front row spot and will now line-up in fifth place for the start of Sunday's race. Instead, Red Bull's Max Verstappen will start the race from second place alongside pole winner Charles Leclerc, with Valtteri Bottas promoted to third next to McLaren's Lando Norris. The penalty puts Hamilton next to Alfa Romeo's Kimi Raikkonen on the grid - the very driver he was found to have impeded during the first round of Saturday's qualifying session. Leclerc beats Hamilton to pole as Vettel...
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