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Hamilton escapes grid penalty at Austrian Grand Prix after yellow flag incident

Lewis Hamilton will start from second position at the Austrian Grand Prix after the stewards cleared him of any wrongdoing in an incident at the end of qualifying. Hamilton was beaten to pole position by Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas, who claimed the quickest time in qualifying despite spinning out on his final attempt. The incident prompted yellow flags to be waved in that part of the track. Hamilton had been the next car on track behind Bottas when the No.77 car went off at Turn 4, but after qualifying he said he had not seen yellow flags and thought Bottas had simply run wide and kicked up some dust onto the track. Hamilton was 0.1s quicker on that lap, suggesting he did gain time...
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