Lewis Hamilton is dominant in his 85th Formula 1 victory at Austria's Red Bull Ring, but Daniel Ricciardo is left 'frustrated' with eighth as Renault launches an appeal against Racing Point.
Six-times world champion Lewis Hamilton has dominated the Styrian Grand Prix in a Mercedes one-two to celebrate his 85th Formula 1 win and move a step closer to Michael Schumacher's record of 91 victories.3rd: Max Verstappen, Red Bull +33.398Finnish teammate Valtteri Bottas, winner of last weekend's season-opener that was also held without spectators at Austria's Red Bull Ring, finished 13.719 seconds behind with his championship lead cut to six points.
Hamilton's victory, something of a cruise past the empty grandstands, was his first since Abu Dhabi in November and extended his record run of successive points finishes to 35 races. "Some people were asking 'how long do we have to continue to do this?' Some felt like one was enough last week, and I just had to [tell] them that racism is going to be here for probably longer than our time here," Hamilton, 35, said.
Daniel Ricciardo was eighth for Renault, just behind Sergio Perez and his teammate Lance Stroll in the Racing Point cars. "I had a good start and made some decent progress up the order. The end of the race was frustrating, and I was struggling to hold on to the position on the last couple of laps.Apart from the Ferrari duo, who crashed on the opening lap, Renault's Esteban Ocon was the only non-finisher. The Frenchman was retired by the team as a precaution due to a suspected cooling problem. In last weekend's opener, only 11 cars finished.
"I still got good points, still leading [overall] so it's not too bad. Yesterday wasn't ideal," he said.
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