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Mercedes teammates Bottas, Hamilton to start 1-2 at Austrian GP

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Valtteri Bottas took pole position for Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix by narrowly edging out Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton during Saturday's qualifying run.

It's the 12th career pole for the Finn as Formula 1 heads into its first race since the coronavirus pandemic disrupted operations.

Pos. Driver Team Time
1 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:02.939
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +0.012
3 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing +0.538
4 Lando Norris McLaren +0.687
5 Alexander Albon Red Bull Racing +0.929
6 Sergio Perez Racing Point +0.929
7 Charles Leclerc Ferrari +0.984
8 Carlos Sainz McLaren +1.032
9 Lance Stroll Racing Point +1.090
10 Daniel Ricciardo Renault +1.300
11 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari Q2
12 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri-Honda Q2
13 Daniil Kvyat AlphaTauri-Honda Q2
14 Esteban Ocon Renault Q2
15 Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari Q2
16 Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari Q1
17 George Russell Williams-Mercedes Q1
18 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari Q1
19 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari Q1
20 Nicholas Latifi Williams-Mercedes Q1

Hamilton swept the three practice sessions leading up to qualifying but will open Sunday's race from second position.

Ferrari struggled mightily days after Charles Leclerc expressed concerns that they were worse off than a year ago. Teammate Sebastian Vettel failed to even reach Q3 and will open in 11th.

The Austrian GP is scheduled to go Sunday at 9:10 a.m., ET.

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