Lewis Hamilton won a dramatic Austrian Grand Prix after a last lap collision with his Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg. As a result of collision, Hamilton finished ahead of Verstappen and Raikkonen. Nico Rosberg came fourth with a damaged car.
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After some worrying pit stops and wrong strategies, Hamilton passed Rosberg for the lead around the outside of Turn Two, Rosberg damaging his front wing and dropping to fourth at the flag after the contact.
The win will be a relief to Hamilton, who might have thought pit errors and strategy mistakes could have cost him.
It reduces Hamilton’s deficit to Rosberg to 11 points in the title race
Hamilton’s engineer Peter Bonnington said to him: “That’s not the result we were after.”
To which Hamilton responded: “I was on the outside – it wasn’t me who crashed.”
Hamilton who was booed by the crowd on the podium added : “He made a mistake into Turn One and I had an opportunity to go around the outside in Turn Two. I left a lot of room on the inside and I guess he looked up and crashed into me.”
Read how the twitterati expressing their views after this thriller of a race:-
Lewis Hamilton booed by the crowd despite doing absolutely nothing wrong... #AustrianGP ind.pn/29qwIpN
https://twitter.com/F1/status/749602990651244545
Toto Wolff: " Brainless. Seeing both cars nearly colliding is upsetting. It could have easily been a double DNF" #F1
Niki Lauda: "It was not fun to watch. I guess Nico had a brake problem but they shouldn't be hitting each other"
RAI: "The car has been feeling good all weekend. I don't really feel we got what we deserved" #AustrianGP
VES: "It's an amazing day. Thanks to the guys, they gave me a great car to finish second" #AustrianGP 🇦🇹
HAM: "What an incredible race. I love it here in Austria. This track is amazing" #AustrianGP
LAP 70/71 - TWO LAPS TO GO The Mercedes duo still scrapping for the win. Just 0.4s in it! Niki watches on...
FINAL LAP: There's contact between the Mercedes team-mates at Turn 2 Hamilton leads #AustrianGP
BREAKING: Lewis Hamilton passes Nico Rosberg on the last lap to win the #AustrianGP 😮 🇦🇹
HAM: "I was on the outside. It wasn't me that crashed" 📻 #AustrianGP #F1
🏁 POINTS SCORERS 🏁 1 HAM 📷 2 VES 3 RAI 4 ROS 5 RIC 6 BUT 7 GRO 8 SAI 9 BOT 10 WEH 👏 #AustrianGP 🇦🇹
Here come the celebrations! #AustrianGP 🇦🇹 #F1
Forget the booing fans. It's clear cut. Great TV though #AustrianGP
https://twitter.com/hypnotoad8128/status/749602844894851074
Booing the winner of a Grand Prix is pretty sad. Classic finish for @LewisHamilton #AustrianGP 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Aren't they allowed to share safety critical information? #AustrianGP
The plot thickens. Toto says Nico’s brakes were marginal and they weren’t able to tell him. #AustrianGP
https://twitter.com/Formula1_MotoGP/status/749602816323416064
"My brakes were overheating...I was on the inside line. Was very surprised he turned into me" - Rosberg #AustrianGP
Where the hell did they fetch this podium interviewer??? 🙉🙈 #bimbo #AustrianGP
Just saw the replay of Mercedes' Toto Wolff slamming his fist down on a table. Oh to be a fly on the wall in their debrief! #AustrianGP #F1
Is that an admission that he wanted to win by running his teammate off the track?! #F1 #AustrianGP
Rosberg: "I was sure I will win this race. My brakes were overheating. But I was on the inside line. Was very surprised he turned into me."
Just rewatched that Merc incident. And fact is: HAM could have easily avoided the collision by not turning in. #AustrianGP #F1 #
I dont blame any of the drivers, they all want to be champs! I blame this man #AustrianGP
Lewis on fire, Rosberg will be terrified!!! Bring on the #Britishgp @SilverstoneUK #f1 #AustrianGP.
Lewis Hamilton wins dramatic #AustrianGP after last-lap collision with Nico Rosberg itv.com/news/2016-07-0…
