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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.
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.
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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 https://t.co/UJyGN3wMAW
— Jack de Menezes (@JackdeMenezes) July 3, 2016
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 pic.twitter.com/BfIGXClteu
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 3, 2016
Niki Lauda: "It was not fun to watch. I guess Nico had a brake problem but they shouldn't be hitting each other" pic.twitter.com/2pnxuIUQd5
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 3, 2016
RAI: "The car has been feeling good all weekend. I don't really feel we got what we deserved" #AustrianGP pic.twitter.com/ehHWjcHr3x
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 3, 2016
VES: "It's an amazing day. Thanks to the guys, they gave me a great car to finish second" #AustrianGP 🇦🇹 pic.twitter.com/43OyNzmGTn
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 3, 2016
HAM: "What an incredible race. I love it here in Austria. This track is amazing" #AustrianGP pic.twitter.com/mzjN7KwaDT
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 3, 2016
LAP 70/71 – TWO LAPS TO GO
The Mercedes duo still scrapping for the win. Just 0.4s in it! Niki watches on… pic.twitter.com/1dQjgchx5w
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 3, 2016
FINAL LAP: There's contact between the Mercedes team-mates at Turn 2
Hamilton leads #AustrianGP pic.twitter.com/Da7oWnyNYp
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 3, 2016
BREAKING: Lewis Hamilton passes Nico Rosberg on the last lap to win the #AustrianGP 😮 🇦🇹 pic.twitter.com/S7L9bJEhc0
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 3, 2016
HAM: "I was on the outside. It wasn't me that crashed" 📻#AustrianGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/xB6qI3YlAX
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 3, 2016
🏁 POINTS SCORERS 🏁
1 HAM 📷
2 VES
3 RAI
4 ROS
5 RIC
6 BUT
7 GRO
8 SAI
9 BOT
10 WEH 👏#AustrianGP 🇦🇹 pic.twitter.com/UU9ue4Bg1g— Formula 1 (@F1) July 3, 2016
Here come the celebrations! #AustrianGP 🇦🇹 #F1 pic.twitter.com/vlMXzYAzbB
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 3, 2016
Forget the booing fans. It's clear cut. Great TV though #AustrianGP pic.twitter.com/tLK6as6XnT
— Daithí (@Racerx34) July 3, 2016
https://twitter.com/hypnotoad8128/status/749602844894851074
Booing the winner of a Grand Prix is pretty sad. Classic finish for @LewisHamilton #AustrianGP 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
— kelly hardy (@KellyLouHardy) July 3, 2016
Aren't they allowed to share safety critical information? #AustrianGP https://t.co/aN2tJWLoTY
— Daniel Saunders (@DJKSaunders) July 3, 2016
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 pic.twitter.com/gIpqzmnNmE
— Danae Philippides (@danaescribbles) July 3, 2016
Not very classy fans at #AustrianGP. Seems like the weekend for sore losers to be out and about.
— Paul Wornham (@paulwornham) July 3, 2016
Where the hell did they fetch this podium interviewer??? 🙉🙈 #bimbo #AustrianGP
— Silvana Berrafato (@Slyquinn) July 3, 2016
This sums up my emotions watching @LewisHamilton's final lap at the #AustrianGP. pic.twitter.com/zzU03zFSlX
— Lindsay Murphy (@lfoxmurph) July 3, 2016
What a finish to #AustrianGP. Great chase-down from @LewisHamilton, very naughty from @nico_rosberg. Toto will be hopping mad.
— david (@tweediatrics) July 3, 2016
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
— Nick DeGroot (@ndegroot89) July 3, 2016
Is that an admission that he wanted to win by running his teammate off the track?! #F1 #AustrianGP https://t.co/SY1SMUbQUv
— Kimenyi (@kimwaruhiu) July 3, 2016
Just rewatched that Merc incident. And fact is: HAM could have easily avoided the collision by not turning in. #AustrianGP #F1 #
— German F1 Enthusiast (@formel1fanatik) July 3, 2016
I dont blame any of the drivers, they all want to be champs! I blame this man #AustrianGP pic.twitter.com/u8cVXxR6mZ
— One life, Live it.. (@smokgwe) July 3, 2016
Lewis on fire, Rosberg will be terrified!!! Bring on the #Britishgp @SilverstoneUK #f1 #AustrianGP.
— Nick Reeve (@cynicreeve) July 3, 2016
Lewis Hamilton wins dramatic #AustrianGP after last-lap collision with Nico Rosberg https://t.co/stExJI0l83 pic.twitter.com/FeOFQ01pcw
— ITV News (@itvnews) July 3, 2016