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How Bottas usurped Hamilton as Ferrari suffer qualifying shocker

Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton was usurped by Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas during a nightmare Austrian Grand Prix qualifying for Ferrari.  Hamilton looked the red-hot favourite for pole position after completing a practice sweep with a comfortable buffer over Bottas in all three practice sessions throughout Friday and Saturday morning in Austria. But when it mattered, Bottas turned in an almighty performance to turn the tables on Hamilton.  The key for Bottas was a meticulous approach to steadily improving the certain corners where he was losing time to Hamilton. After trailing Hamilton by 0.356s in opening practice, Bottas eked away to cut the gap down to 0.197 by the end...
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