Austrian Grand Prix – Race winner Valtteri Bottas said he had the pace to control the race and ‘would have slept' without Safety Car interventions. The Finn won the first round of the World Championship at the Red Bull Ring in Austria. Having claimed pole position by just 0.012 seconds on Saturday, Bottas nailed his start to pull away quite quickly at the front of the field as Max Verstappen squabbled with Lando Norris. With teammate Lewis Hamilton climbing back up to P2 from his P5 grid slot, Bottas enjoyed a 7.5 second lead by the time the Mercs were in a 1-2 position. From there, Hamilton eased the gap down to around 3 seconds approaching the pitstops. However, the Safety...
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