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Bottas takes Austria pole ahead of Vettel as Hamilton struggles

Despite the best efforts of the (mainly British) media to keep the Baku incident in the headlines, The Austrian Grand Prix is shaping up to be just as enthralling albeit without much of the drama. Yesterday we saw Lewis Hamilton set a blistering pace in both sessions, leading one to suspect that the Briton was set to make up for the disappointment of Azerbaijan. However, it was subsequently revealed that the team had opted to change his gearbox having discovered an issue post-Baku and therefore he would face a 5-place grid penalty. Quick to dismiss speculation that the gearbox was damaged in 'that incident', Mercedes and Hamilton suffered a further set-back late in this morning's session...
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