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Verstappen victorious as Mercedes implode in Austria 

Max Verstappen Max Verstappen produced a fine drive to hold off Kimi Raikkonen for victory in an attritional Austrian Grand Prix that saw Mercedes suffer a double retirement. The Red Bull driver emerged in the lead after taking advantage of a strategy error from Mercedes, who elected against pitting race leader Lewis Hamilton under an early Virtual Safety Car period. Hamilton appeared in control of the race until then with his engineer admitting over team radio that he had lost the reigning world champion the win. However, the poor strategy call ultimately didn’t matter as Hamilton suffered a mechanical retirement in the closing stages, which followed after polesitter and team-mate...
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