GPI 2017 Austrian Grand Prix | Page 12

BOTTAS TAKES TWO “I was pretty sure he jumped it,” said Vettel, who felt he would have won with one more lap. How would you feel if you were just shy of half a second behind the winner? It was very close.” As Bottas led away, bits of bodywork went flying behind him in a three-car coming together that drew a groan from some 10,000 orange-shirted Dutch fans around the circuit as Ricciardo’s teenage team mate Max Verstappen was shunted off. It was the 19-year-old Dutch driver’s fifth retirement of the season.