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Hamilton brushes aside the competition

Lewis Hamilton made it two-from-two in Austria on Friday as he set yet another new lap record around the Red Bull Ring. With the threat of rain in the air – an 80 percent probability prior to the start of the session – the drivers were quickly onto Pirellis softest compound, the purple-marked ultrasofts. Hamilton posted a 1:05.483 to lead the way by 0.147s ahead of his main title rival, Sebastian Vettel. However, the Brit's day wasn't without troubles as he lost a few minutes of track time with his W08 requiring a spark plug change. Valtteri Bottas was third, 0.216s down while Max Verstappen was the leading Red Bull in fourth place ahead of Daniel Ricciardo, who had a late...
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