F1: GP of Austria 2016

Sebastian Vettel, Nico Rosberg, Jenson Button, Pascal Wehrlein, Jolyon Palmer, Kevin Magnussen, Sergio Perez, Romain Grosjean 

Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Räikkönen

Pos	Driver	Team	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas	71
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	71
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	71
4	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas	71
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	71
6	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	71
7	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	71
8	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Scuderia Toro Rosso	71
9	Valtteri Bottas	Williams Martini Racing	70
10	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor Racing MRT	70
11	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas F1 Team	70
12	Jolyon Palmer	Renault Sport F1 Team	70
13	Felipe Nasr	Sauber F1 Team	70
14	Kevin Magnussen	Renault Sport F1 Team	70
15	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber F1 Team	70
16	Rio Haryanto	Manor Racing MRT	70
17	Sergio Perez	Force India F1 Team	69
	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	64
	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India F1 Team	64
	Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing	63
	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	26
	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	2

Drivers Classification

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Team	Points
1	Nico Rosberg	German	Mercedes	153
2	Lewis Hamilton	British	Mercedes	142
3	Sebastian Vettel	German	Ferrari	96
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Finnish	Ferrari	96
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Australian	Red Bull Racing	88
6	Max Verstappen	Dutch	Red Bull Racing	72
7	Valtteri Bottas	Finnish	Williams	54
8	Sergio Perez	Mexican	Force India	39
9	Felipe Massa	Brazilian	Williams	38
10	Romain Grosjean	French	Haas	28
11	Daniil Kvyat	Russian	Toro Rosso	22
12	Carlos Sainz	Spanish	Toro Rosso	22
13	Nico Hulkenberg	German	Force India	20
14	Fernando Alonso	Spanish	McLaren	18
15	Jenson Button	British	McLaren	13
16	Kevin Magnussen	Danish	Renault	6
17	Pascal Wehrlein	German	Manor	1
18	Stoffel Vandoorne	Belgian	McLaren	1
19	Jolyon Palmer	British	Renault	0
20	Esteban Gutierrez	Mexican	Haas	0
21	Marcus Ericsson	Swedish	Sauber	0
22	Felipe Nasr	Brazilian	Sauber	0
23	Rio Haryanto	Indonesian	Manor	0

Constructors Classification

Pos	Team	Points
1	Mercedes AMG Petronas	295
2	Ferrari	192
3	Red Bull Racing	168
4	Williams Martini Racing	92
5	Force India F1 Team	59
6	Scuderia Toro Rosso	36
7	McLaren Honda	32
8	Haas F1 Team	28
9	Renault Sport F1 Team	6
10	Manor Racing MRT	1
11	Sauber F1 Team	0

Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton

Lewis, a controversial end to the race. Tell us about the incident between you and Nico?

LH: I don’t feel any particular way about it. I don’t feel it was controversial really. Nico made a mistake into Turn One. You know, we were racing right until the last lap. He made a mistake, clipped the inside kerb and went wide and I got a good run on him up to Turn Two. He blocked the inside, so the only place I could go was down the outside. So I was on the racing line. He was in my blind spot, so I assumed he was still there, so I went very wide, left him plenty of room and as I started to turn – I was at the edge of the track – he collided with me. My guys said that he had something up with the brakes, maybe. So I’m not quite sure exactly what happened. Then I came back onto the track as quick as I could. It was very close between us there. If he did have a brake problem it would be the reason he lifted off really early down the next straight, which we were racing on. But for me it was exciting because… I mean I don’t understand exactly how I ended up being second. I was in the lead and then I guess the safety car kind of brought it into that position. But I never gave up. I pushed all the way. I knew I needed those points. I knew that I have some incredible fans here supporting. Some of them have come a long way. So I did everything I could to not give up and to push all the way.

Max Verstappen

Max Verstappen

Moving to you Max, many congratulations, the start was crucial, you got ahead of your team-mate there and then as in Spain another very long second stint – 56 laps on a set of soft tyres setting you up for this wonderful result.

MV: Yeah, it was a great start and also a good first lap and straight away I could feel the pace was there in the car. So I just moved up to the front and once I cleared some guys I just started to go into my own rhythm. The Mercedes cars at the moment are still a bit too quick, but yeah, I think everything was going quite well. I did a long stint on the soft tyre and especially the last 10 laps, including with some traffic made it very hard. I could see Kimi behind me, he was catching up a lot. At the end to come home in second after what happened on the last lap is of course a bonus. Also, to finish here second, as a Red Bull driver at the Red Bull Ring, is a great feeling.

Kimi Räikkönen

Kimi Räikkönen

Coming to you Kimi, a great start, you were third on the opening lap – but a longer first stint on the supersoft tyre and you ended up losing track position to Max. As in Spain, chased him down in the end but couldn’t get through. A frustrating afternoon for you or are you reasonably satisfied to be on the podium?

KR: Not really. I mean yes it’s OK to be on the podium, it’s better than fourth place, obviously that was a big gift for us but we take, no complaints. We had pretty good speed in the beginning. I was saving tyres a bit and pushing and, y’know was bit catching, bit losing time to Mercedes and going like that. We were pretty close. Then, once we made a pitstop suddenly found myself in sixth position. I think was, y’know, was a bit hard after that. There were safety cars and stuff but the biggest issue was probably with the first Red Bull. Tried to get past him, we had good speed but it as so difficult to get close enough and he always, always when I close I could not find the traction to challenge him and then luckily on one lap I managed to suddenly get a jump on him. Then the speed was good and I kind of run out of the laps. Without yellow flags we could probably have had a very good go with Max – but that’s how it goes. He got second, I got third. Disappointed but it’s better than nothing and we got three points back on Rosberg so it all helps.

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