Bottas holds off Vettel to win Austrian GP

You are currently viewing Bottas holds off Vettel to win Austrian GP
Valtteri Bottas celebrates his win

Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas won the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday, finishing just 0.6sec ahead of Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel.

Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo was third after fending off Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton in the closing stages.

Kimi Raikkonen took a distant fifth in the second Ferrari, with Romain Grosjean an excellent sixth for Haas.

The Force Indias of Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon were seventh and eighth, while Williams staged an impressive recovery with Felipe Massa and Lance Stroll – who started 17th and 18th respectively – completing the top 10.

Vettel now has a 20-point lead heading into the British Grand Prix weekend, with 171 points to Hamilton’s 151, Bottas on 136 and 107 for Ricciardo. 

Photo: Mark Thompson/Getty Images