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LECLERC SURVIVES THE NERVOUS LAST MOMENTS

The age-old motor racing cliche, to finish first, first you have to finish, was never more true than in the dying laps of Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix.

Race leader Charles Leclerc was in a commanding position when he suddenly saw his Ferrari team-mate Carlos Sainz on fire at the side of the track. The Spaniard was on course to overtake second-placed Max Verstappen to make it a comfortable Ferrari 1-2, but a dramatic engine failure now made the scarlet pitwall – and Leclerc – very

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