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Mercedes suffer 'one of the hardest days' at Austria

Mercedes suffered a massively disappointing Sunday at Spielberg, Austria after practice and qualifying had been so promising for the Mercedes AMG F1 team. But two car failures along with a big strategical error made it a day to forget for the world champions. “It's a tremendously painful day for us, for me personally the most painful in six years,” said Wolff, after the team suffered their first double DNF since Spain 2016. “We were one and two on the grid, Lewis had a fantastic first lap and then DNF-ing twice – and obviously losing the race under the Virtual Safety Car (VSC): it doesn't get more cruel for us.” Valtteri Bottas, at the time running in second place, was out early...
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