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Mercedes suffer day of disaster

Mercedes suffered a day of disaster in the Austrian GP with Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas both forced to retire due to car failure. Neither of the team's cars made it to the chequered flag in a race Mercedes were expected to win with comfort to spare having locked out the front row. Hamilton's retirement was his first in 34 races since the 2016 Malaysia GP. As a result, Sebastian Vettel has retaken the lead of the Drivers' World Championship by a point while Ferrari have leapfrogged Mercedes in the Constructors' Championship. Austrian GP Report: Max wins, Lewis retires How Mercedes' race collapsedBottas exited on lap 15 while Hamilton's race ended with seven laps remaining when his car...
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