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Bottas delivers Spielberg epic for pole

Valtteri Bottas took pole position at the Austrian Grand Prix for the second year running, delivering a blistering performance to lead a front-row lockout for Mercedes ahead of Lewis Hamilton. Mercedes look odds-on to continue their winning streak at the Red Bull Ring thanks to a raft of aero upgrades. Sebastian Vettel had to settle for third after initially setting the pace, but Bottas came to the fore in the top-10 shootout, with Hamilton unable to touch his team-mate. Bottas stopped the clock at one minute 3.130 seconds on his final flying run, demolishing the outright lap record he had set 12 months ago. Kimi Raikkonen joins Vettel on the second row, but there was a shock behind, with...
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