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DHL Fastest Lap Award: FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS VON ÖSTERREICH 2017

Key Takeaways

  • Lewis Hamilton posts the DHL Fastest Lap for the fifth time this season
  • New lap record for the Red Bull Ring
  • Hamilton extends lead in the DHL Fastest Lap Award

Lewis Hamilton secures the DHL Fastest Lap in the 2017 FORMULA 1 AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX with a time of 1:07.411 minutes, setting a new lap record.

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Fastest Driver Group 1: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) - 1:07.411
Fastest Driver Group 2: Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso) - 1:08.061
Fastest Driver Group 3: Stoffel Vandoorne (McLaren) - 1:08.422

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Lewis Hamilton takes DHL Fastest Lap at Spielberg

Lewis Hamilton’s race weekend at the FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS VON ÖSTERREICH 2017 was so-so. The Mercedes driver only started from eighth place after a change of gearbox. Hamilton did indeed gain position in the race but narrowly missed the podium in P4 and lost more points to world championship leader, Sebastian Vettel.

Hamilton finished the race 1.4 seconds down on Daniel Ricciardo after steadily whittling away the deficit in the closing stages of the race. Hamilton posted a 1:07.411 to secure the DHL Fastest Lap, but despite that, the Mercedes driver was unable to find a way past Ricciardo.

Hamilton: “The car was great today, I could push the entire race on the tires, and I gave it absolutely everything out there. I really don’t think there was much left in the car at the end of the race, but I was probably a bit too kind in my fight with Daniel – and left him too much space. I won’t do that again.”

The fact that the Red Bull driver’s fastest lap was only 0.031 seconds slower than Hamilton’s showed that Ricciardo too was on the limit. “I do love a fight, and Lewis came out of nowhere over the last few laps. It felt like the gap was stable, and then within a handful of laps, he was catching me pretty rapidly,” said Ricciardo after achieving his fifth podium in a row. “I then had two laps to go and had to defend, which made it a pretty exciting race for me.”

Fastest race laps: 2017 FORMULA 1 AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1:07.411 - on Lap 69
Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) 1:07.442 - on Lap 69
Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) 1:07.486 - on Lap 68
Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) 1:07.496 - on Lap 69
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) 1:07.847 - on Lap 51
Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso) 1:08.061 - on Lap 54
Felipe Massa (Massa) 1:08.419 - on Lap 49
Stoffel Vandoorne (McLaren) 1:08.422 - on Lap 67
Sergio Pérez (Force India) 1:08.470 - on Lap 58
Romain Grosjean (Haas) 1:08.590 - on Lap 65

History: DHL Fastest Laps in the FORMULA 1 AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX

Lewis Hamilton’s time of 1:07.411 minutes was the fastest Formula 1 race lap ever posted at Spielberg. Hamilton improved the lap record he set in the race in 2016 by exactly one second.

The all-time lap record for the Red Bull Ring is held by Valtteri Bottas. The eventual race winner burned a time of 1:04.251 into the asphalt during qualifying.

Hamilton leads the DHL Fastest Lap Award

Lewis Hamilton extended his lead in the overall standings of the DHL Fastest Lap Award even further. The Mercedes driver has now posted five fastest race laps this season, followed by Kimi Räikkönen with two, and Sebastian Vettel and Sergio Perez with one each.

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