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Verstappen won his only race of the season in Austria
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Verstappen won his only race of the season in Austria
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen won the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix, to the delight of the fans. Rounding out the podium were Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel respectively. It was a wretched day for Mercedes as both Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas retired with mechanical issues.
Daniel Ricciardo turned 29 today but had the worst birthday ever, retiring with a mechanical issue as well. Of course, one man’s despair is another man’s delight, to be precise, Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen.
Grosjean had never finished in the points until Austria and was hoping to kick-start his streak as soon as possible. Behind them were Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon, Fernando Alonso and the two Saubers.
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Alonso was particularly delighted as he had started from the pit lane, following emergency repairs overnight.
There was drama as Bottas juddered to a halt with an issue. Then birthday boy Ricciardo was the next man to join him on the sidelines. Just a handful of laps towards the end, Hamilton too pulled over and a gleeful Grosjean took over 4th.
Here is how witter reacted to the topsy turvy race.
https://twitter.com/Key_575/status/1013437138120081409
One of the better races these season!
Finally some drama and overtaking at the right end of the grid!
Raikonnen for me was the driver of the day#AustrianGP #F1— Yash Patel (@yash_patel) July 1, 2018
Amazing Entertaining Race after so long #AustrianGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/g7s0Bgh2Dg
— Vaibhav Shah (@Aviation_Freak) July 1, 2018
Great and well deserved victory for Max verstappen today! #F1 #AustrianGP
— Bartelomeus (@Bartleijen) July 1, 2018
So Horner has said it looks like an exhaust problem that led to Ricciardo's retirement… #F1 #AustrianGP
— Phillippa (@pgillett2017) July 1, 2018
Even though @Max33Verstappen won, I'm
sad that @ValtteriBottas @LewisHamilton and especially @danielricciardo didn't finish. ☹️☹️☹️#AustrianGP #F1 #WTF1 pic.twitter.com/tAFYBF7UH6— Tapan Kamath (@tapan_kamath) July 1, 2018
Awesome drive from @Max33Verstappen but don't forget the great result for @HaasF1Team by both @RGrosjean and @KevinMagnussen. Second surprisingly exciting race in a row. Next up: #Silverstone #AustrianGP #F1
— Marco (@marcodhaene) July 1, 2018
Mercedes fans who missed the race opening the next copy of Autosport:#AustrianGP #Formula1 #WTF1 @F1 @wtf1official #DoubleRetirement pic.twitter.com/chN6HlL5h8
— DESTROY the Tories NOW! (@AnimeCommulist) July 1, 2018
@Max33Verstappen you beauty 💪 #AustrianGP #F1
— Mr P (@trance_is_lif3) July 1, 2018
Well. This was an entertaining GP. #WTF1 #AustrianGP pic.twitter.com/eQJyM4dISk
— Mika-Markus Natunen (@Mika_Natunen) July 1, 2018
Must have been a Dutch thing because after the crazy @MotoGP #DutchGP at @ttcircuitassen , the @F1 #AustrianGP at the @redbullring_ also brought some unexpected surprises with a Dutch win. @Max33Verstappen / @redbullracing #F1 #MsportXtra
— #MsportXtra (@MsportXtra) July 1, 2018
That was a pretty damn good race 🏁 #AustrianGP
— Laura Grubisa (@lauragrubisa) July 1, 2018
Every Ferrari fan after Hamilton retiring… #WTF1 #F1 #AustrianGP pic.twitter.com/roMDtl6X7r
— Jakub Pavlik (@Cru1se_Z) July 1, 2018
Unfortunately DNF today..
Glad that Silverstone is already in 7 days! #AustrianGP pic.twitter.com/8IuEctxron— Nico Hülkenberg (@HulkHulkenberg) July 1, 2018
Big surprise race #AustrianGP #f1jp
— かみかみ@team℃-ute (@Kami2_MymeLov7) July 1, 2018
Well deserved win 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽 An 1-2 would have been super awesome!!! #Seb5 #Kimi7 #AustrianGP
— John Suresh (@Tj0102tweet) July 1, 2018
But Grosjean is 4th 😱👏 he did an amazing job today! #AustrianGP
— Sandra 🌸 (@CimfamOreo) July 1, 2018
https://twitter.com/essj777/status/1013436846880296961
Did Ferrari miss a trick by not starting on Super Softs? The Ultras just didnt look turned on. #askcrofty @SkySportsF1 #AustrianGP @PitCrew_Online
— Ankush Ahuja (@kimianks) July 1, 2018
@F1 from P8 to P3 and now he takes the championship lead👏👏✊. Penalties from dark forces will never succeed against Vettel. Driving like a champ #AustrianGP #Seb5 @ScuderiaFerrari #f1 pic.twitter.com/SAZhMNoWKp
— Black Beetle (@Kev_The_Beetle) July 1, 2018
I also guess Toro Rosso are trying to get rid of Hartley for whatever reason. 3 races in a row he gets forced to the back. #AustrianGP
— Adam 🔜 #AniWinterFes2020 (@Moofey17) July 1, 2018
https://twitter.com/timekiller001/status/1013440227527086080
When I saw #DutchGP trending on my timeline, I was pretty sure that Verstappen fanboys managed to convert #AustrianGP into #DutchGP. Had to click on it to find out what it really was 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/uzBOL7q45s
— Rahul Jois (@Rahul_Jois) July 1, 2018
Good race for me as F1 fan, frustrated as Ferrari fan. Could/should be 1-2 in these circumstances. #AustrianGP
— Nick (@np_f1) July 1, 2018
Hamilton in mega-sulk mode again. #c4f1 #AustrianGP #f1
— Nigel Rollings 🎄✨🎉☃️🍾 (@NigelRollings) July 1, 2018
Verstappen, Grosjean & Ericsson all prove a point. Hamilton needs to do the same at Silverstone next week #F1 #AustrianGP https://t.co/WeHdXqW8IZ
— Joe Downes (@jredownes) July 1, 2018
Lol at Lewis saying that #Pirelli should have brought the "special compounds" 👀🙄😂
You want everything handed to you then?? Come on Lewis, you should fight with what you got. #AustrianGP pic.twitter.com/fY13mm6A5u— Pau (@EJperfection) July 1, 2018
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Fantastico!! @ScuderiaFerrari leading BOTH championships! Fantastic race from #Seb5 and especially #Kimi7. #ForzaFerrari #AustrianGP 🇦🇹 #F1 🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎
— Mags (@Tongytwang) July 1, 2018
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I don't want to spoil the dutch party but was Verstappen cleared by the stewards for touching Kimi when he got passed him? I feem like I've missed out on what they were going to do with that one. #AustrianGP #F1
— Maikel Joosten (@maikel0230) July 1, 2018
