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Bottas focused on Austria win, not helping Hamilton

Related Topics: Valtteri Bottas, Win, Lewis Hamilton

Valtteri Bottas has no intention of changing his approach to the Austrian Grand Prix in order to help Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton.

Bottas qualified on pole position on Saturday, the second pole of his career, and will start ahead of championship leader Sebastian Vettel in second. Teammate Lewis Hamilton -- who is closer to Vettel in the title race -- starts eighth after losing five grid positions to a gearbox penalty, but Bottas says he will not attempt to hold up Vettel so that Hamilton can join the race for victory.

"From what I've seen on the pre-race strategy notes, that kind of plan is not on those notes," he said.