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Red Bull's Verstappen clinches Austrian GP, subject to investigation
Updated On: 01 July, 2019 07:49 AM IST | | Abhishek Takle
Alfa Romeo drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi rounded out the top ten. Sunday's race saw no major incident with each of the 20 cars making it to the flag

Red Bull's Max Verstappen celebrates after winning the Austrian GP yesterday. Pic/AFP
Spielberg: Red Bull's Max Verstappen banged wheels with Charles Leclerc in an incident being looked at by stewards to win a battle of the 21-year-olds in Sunday's Formula One's Austrian Grand Prix. The Dutchman, who also won in Austria last year, seized the lead from the Ferrari driver two laps from the end, with the pair making contact into the tight uphill turn three.
He crossed the line just 2.7 seconds ahead of the Monegasque, with the pair becoming the sport's youngest top-two. Valtteri Bottas was third for Mercedes, who saw their streak of ten successive wins come to an end. Leclerc, who had started from pole, had appeared to be on course for his and Ferrari's first win of the season, having only conceded the lead through the pitstops. Verstappen, meanwhile, who lined up second alongside Leclerc on the grid, seemed to have fallen out of contention after a poor getaway saw him drop five places at the start. But the Red Bull came into a league of its own after the pitstops with Verstappen scything through the field one car at a time.
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