Lewis Hamilton has started the defence of his Formula 1 World Championship title and quest for a seventh on the back foot, the Mercedes driver penalised for an incident that saw a sure second place turn to fourth at the Formula 1 season-opening Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday. Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas started from pole and defended against the #44 car for most of the race of high-attrition by picking up the pace when the attacks came and taking the first win of the season in the process, at the expense of Hamilton. “Of course it’s not been a great weekend for me, and yesterday was entirely my fault,' the Briton acknowledged after the race referring to his penalty in qualifying...
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