RACE BY RACE
Race 1
Austrian Grand Prix, Red Bull Ring
July 5
Lewis Hamilton’s season started with controversy as he was given a three-place grid penalty for not slowing up in qualifying when team-mate Valtteri Bottas slipped off the track. Running second in the race, the Brit was then pinged for contact with Red Bull’s Alex Albon after a late-race safety car period. Bottas won while Hamilton was slapped with a five-second penalty, dropping him to fourth behind Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) and Briton Lando Norris (McLaren).
Result
1 Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) 2 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 3 Lando Norris (McLaren)
Race 2
Styrian Grand Prix, Red Bull Ring
July 12
Lewis Hamilton topped a rain-interrupted qualifying session and went on to dominate the 71-lapper. Team-mate Valtteri Bottas had started in fourth place and the Finn was forced to hunt down Dutchman Max Verstappen to claim runners’ up spot with just five laps remaining after a strong battle, before
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