Valtteri BottasQualified 1st, Finished 1st Valtteri Bottas couldn't have asked for a much better opening weekend than this. Not only did the Finn convert pole - which would have been even more comfortable if not for his last-lap off - into a victory, but his six-time title-winning team-mate finished with 13 fewer points, despite Mercedes having by far the fastest car in Austria. In a sure-to-be shortened 2020 season, any unexpected buffer like that could be crucial. Bottas' race was about keeping a cool head throughout. Hearing that he had a critical gearbox issue, worse than Lewis Hamilton's, while the world champion was firmly in DRS range couldn't have been easy to deal with, nor the...
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