Motorsport wrap: Bottas fends off Vettel to win in Austria

Despite finishing second, Vettel still extended his title lead over Hamilton. The Brit started eighth on the grid after a five-place penalty for a gearbox change. He battled through the order, but failed to overhaul Ricciardo for the final podium spot, finishing fourth.

“When I went over the race trace I was actually quickest today,” said Hamilton. “I had the strongest race. Once I got past two cars – a Force India and a Haas – I was 16sec behind Valtteri and, in the end, I was just 6sec behind.”

The next race is the British Grand Prix at Silverstone this weekend.

Formula 2: Red Bull Ring, Austria

Ferrari junior driver Charles Leclerc had a mixed weekend at the Red Bull Ring, winning the first Formula 2 race but crashing out of the second.

Starting from pole in the feature race, the Monégasque racer built up an early lead in his Prema Racing car, and then fended off a charge from Nicholas Latifi, who came up the order on a different tyre strategy.

Leclerc’s fortunes changed in the incident-packed sprint race; he crashed out after inadvertently running into the back of team-mate Antonio Fuoco. Artem Markelov won the race.

British racer Oliver Rowland finished fourth and third respectively in the two races to cement second place in the championship standings, 49 points behind Leclerc.

Red Bull Soapbox Derby: Alexandra Palace, London

Fresh from its class win in the Le Mans 24 Hours, Aston Martin switched disciplines and scored a second place on their Red Bull Soapbox Derby debut. 

The team’s V8 Vantage GTE challenger eschewed had only the power of gravity to tackle the obstacle-filled 450-metre course.