SPIELBERG, Austria (AP) Lewis Hamilton was in an upbeat mood after the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday, despite losing ground on Formula One title rival Sebastian Vettel for the second straight race.
The Mercedes driver finished fourth in Spielberg, while Vettel powered his Ferrari to second spot to move 20 points ahead of Hamilton after nine races. In the previous race, two weeks ago in Azerbaijan, Hamilton was fifth and Vettel fourth.
Still, after starting from eighth place on the grid Sunday, Hamilton felt he got the best result possible in the circumstances.
”It was definitely a really good race.