VALTTERI Bottas drove at his brilliant best in Spielberg to win the Austrian Grand Prix, despite a very strong challenge from Sebastian Vettel towards the end.
Daniel Ricciardo drove a great race onto the podium in his Red Bull Renault, again pressurised by the next man who was Lewis Hamilton.
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Hamilton had also done an excellent job in bringing his Mercedes home fourth after starting ninth on the grid due to a gearbox penalty.
It was a fast-flowing race on the relatively short, 4.3km, but high-speed track.
Kimi Raikkonen brought his Ferrari home in fifth place followed by a hard-charging Romain Grosjean in his Haas.
The two Force Indias of Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon were one lap down on the leaders in seventh and eighth places respectively.
The Williams of Felipe Massa and Lance Stroll were placed ninth and tenth respectively.
The McLaren of Fernando Alonso had started well but was booted out before the third corner while teammate Stoffel Vandorne finished 12th after receiving a penalty.
However, the biggest disappointment of all was when Max Verstappen was also taken out in the Alonso incident after the start. His run of bad luck must surely come to an end soon.
The best of British is with us again this coming weekend at Silverstone as long as you don’t watch Wimbledon.
The classic race, which is so well presented at this most challenging, high-speed, clockwise circuit of 18 corners and 5.9km, is a joy to behold.
The fans with their Union Jacks should bring Lewis Hamilton back to his best, when he is very hard to beat.
He won the race last year from pole position but Vettel would love to change all that and sing Deutschland Über Alles.
The race starts at 3pm this Sunday, with qualifying at 2pm this Saturday.
God save the Queen.
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