Bottas takes pole in Austrian GP

Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas pipped Lewis Hamilton in a tight fight for Austrian Grand Prix pole position as Sebastian Vettel was penalised for impeding a rival, reported British Broadcasting Corporation.

Vettel, 14 points behind Mercedes driver Hamilton in the championship, will drop from third to sixth after being found guilty of blocking Renault's Carlos Sainz, said the BBC report.

Bottas took pole by 0.019 seconds after Hamilton made life difficult for himself with a mistake on his first lap, said the report, adding that Vettel qualified 0.334secs behind the Finn in his Ferrari.

But the German will now start behind his team-mate another Finn Kimi Räikkönen , the Red Bull of Max Verstappen and the impressive Haas of Romain Grosjean, the report added.

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