Well (Unfortunately), the 2017 New Zealand Lions series sponsored by DHL between the All Blacks & the British & Irish Lions has ended in a tie after the 3rd & final test match was drawn thanks to that controversial decision which will go down in series history by French referee Romain Poite (Although he originally awarded a penalty to the All Blacks but he had to go to the TMO to have a look but one of the assistant referees Jerome Garces has told Poite to change the decision to scrum due to an accidental offside which angered the die hard New Zealand rugby fans (Not only because they were absolutely livid about it) costing our chance of winning the series (And there were too many handling errors costing them try scoring opportunities).
And Valtteri Bottas (Finland) in the Mercedes has won the Austrian Grand Prix (His 2nd for both his career & season) at Red Bull Racing's home turf in Spielberg after starting on pole & held on until the end ahead of championship leader Sebastian Vettel (Germany) in the Ferrari (Although Vettel is yet to serve a suspension for his actions on his rival Lewis Hamilton in Baku but he manages to escape further punishment keeping his championship hopes alive) while Baku winner Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) in the Red Bull (Ricciardo's team-mate Max Verstappen (The Netherlands) retired during the Grand Prix) held on to finish in 3rd on the podium ahead of Lewis Hamilton (Great Britain) who had to start from 8th due to a grid penalty for changing the gearbox but the next race is at Silverstone which is home to the British Grand Prix & the emotional homecoming for 3 time world champion Lewis Hamilton who had won the last 3 races in a row in the past 3 years at the same home event as well as Renault driver Jolyon Palmer who is the son of former F1 driver Jonathan Palmer & the constructors such as McLaren & Williams.
And here's the points standings for both the drivers & constructors but 1st here's the drivers standings:
1st: Sebastian Vettel (Germany, Ferrari), 171 points
2nd: Lewis Hamilton (Great Britain, Mercedes), 151 points
3rd: Valtteri Bottas (Finland, Mercedes), 136 points
4th: Daniel Ricciardo (Australia, Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer), 107 points
5th: Kimi Raikkonen (Finland, Ferrari), 83 points
6th: Sergio Perez (Mexico, Force India Mercedes), 50 points
7th: Max Verstappen (The Netherlands, Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer), 45 points
8th: Esteban Ocon (France, Force India Mercedes), 39 points
9th: Carlos Sainz (Spain, Toro Rosso), 29 points
10th: Felipe Massa (Brazil, Williams Mercedes), 22 points
11th: Lance Stroll (Canada, Williams Mercedes), 18 points
12th: Nico Hulkenberg (Germany, Renault), 18 points
13th: Romain Grosjean (France, Haas Ferrari), 18 points
13th: Kevin Magnussen (Denmark, Haas Ferrari), 11 points
15th: Pascal Wehrlein (Germany, Sauber Ferrari), 5 points
16th: Daniil Kvyat (Russia, Toro Rosso), 4 points
17th: Fernando Alonso (Spain, McLaren Honda), 2 points
And then the constructors to wrap up the Formula 1 report:
1st: Mercedes (Germany), 287 points
2nd: Ferrari (Italy), 254 points
3rd: Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer (Austria), 152 points
4th: Force India Mercedes (India), 89 points
5th: Williams Mercedes (Great Britain), 40 points
6th: Toro Rosso (Italy), 33 points
7th: Haas Ferrari (USA), 29 points
7th: Renault (France), 18 points
9th: Sauber Ferrari (Switzerland), 5 points
10th: McLaren Honda (Great Britain), 2 points
And finally the next classic car revealed for the F1 2017 game has to be the 2006 Renault R26 because it is that car that Fernando Alonso (Spain) famously won his 2nd straight Formula 1 title (He 1st won it in 2005) way back in 2006 (His team mate was Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy) beating his retirement bound rival & 7 time world champion (1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 & 2004) Michael Schumacher but the Renault R26 joins the likes of 4 Ferraris (1995 412 T2, 2002 F2002, 2004 F2004 & 2007 F2007), both Williams (1992 FW14B & 1996 FW18), a McLaren (1988 MP4/4) as a pre-order bonus & a Red Bull (2010 RB6 AKA Luscious Liz & Randy Mandy).
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