Lewis Hamilton won the Styrian Grand Prix from pole position on Sunday in Spielberg, Austria, to clinch an 85th career win and move within six of Michael Schumacher's Formula 1 record.
The six-time world champion Hamilton's record-extending 89th career pole on a rain-drenched track was one of his best in extreme conditions, but during the race he was hardly challenged as he finished a sizeable 13.7 seconds ahead of Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas and 33.7 ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen, in partly cloudy conditions a day after heavy rain in qualifying.
“The team did a fantastic job with the strategy and it was up to me to keep it together, get off the curbs and bring it home.
“I’m very grateful to be back in first place and I honestly feel like a lot of time from last year’s race. To come back this year after a tough first weekend from last week is a big step forward.” Hamilton said after the race.
The miserable period of Ferrari continues.
For the second time in the past four races, Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel crashed into each other and went out.
Ferrari's two drivers, Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel, met in the first round, with Leclerc appearing to crash into the four-time world champion.
Vettel’s back air damage forced him out of the race while Leclerc needed a long stay in pit lane before rebooting. He ends up forgetting, though, minutes after the fourth time.
The drivers competed on the same track – the Red Bull ring – for the second consecutive week after Formula One made changes to the calendar in the middle of the race. coronavirus pandemic. Styria is a region in Austria.
It was Bottas who won the opening – the Austrian Grand Prix the next race is next week's Hungarian Grand Prix.
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