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Valtteri Bottas beats Lewis Hamilton to Austrian GP pole

Valtteri Bottas claimed his first pole position of the Formula 1 season as he beat Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in an ultra-close session at the Austrian Grand Prix. Bottas held a substantial advantage after the first runs in Q3 at the Red Bull Ring as title rivals Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel both made errors. Bottas improved on his benchmark on his final lap as he clocked a time of 1:03.130 – a new track record at the venue. Hamilton closed in to emerge as Bottas’ primary rival and finished just 0.019s shy of his team-mate, as Mercedes locked out the front row of the grid for the second successive event. Vettel recovered to take third position but remains under...
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