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<B>PLANS FOR EXPANSION:</B> Red Bull says they are considering expanding the Red Bull Ring in Austria. <I>Image: AP / Samuel Kubani</I>
<B>PLANS FOR EXPANSION:</B> Red Bull says they are considering expanding the Red Bull Ring in Austria. <I>Image: AP / Samuel Kubani</I>
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05 Jul 2020

Thank you for joining us this afternoon. We hoped you enjoyed the opening race of the season as much as we did. 

05 Jul 2020

Norris puts in the fastest lap of the race on the FINAL lap manages to squeeze onto the podium. 

05 Jul 2020

What a race! 

05 Jul 2020

Bottas wins the Austrian GP!

05 Jul 2020

Kvyat out and is the ninth driver to retire. 

05 Jul 2020

Norris and Perez touch as the McLaren goes up to P4. 

05 Jul 2020

Two laps to go. 

05 Jul 2020

Perez handed 5 second penalty for speeding in the pit lane. 

05 Jul 2020

Hamilton is 2.8 secs ahead third-placed Leclerc. 

05 Jul 2020

Hamilton is handed a 5 second penalty for the Albon incident. 

05 Jul 2020

Bottas leads Hamilton by just over two seconds. But now Leclerc is up to P3 after passing Perez. 

05 Jul 2020

Albon and Hamilton tussle and the Red Bull tumbles back to last place after spinning from a touch with Hamilton

05 Jul 2020

10 laps to go and the top five: Botta, Hamilton, Albon, Perez, Norris

05 Jul 2020

SC is in and we're racing again!

05 Jul 2020

The SC is redeployed immediately. And Mercedes are still in the lead. 

05 Jul 2020

The restart didn't last long as Kimi Raikkonen is the seventh retirement of the race. 

05 Jul 2020

These last 18 or so laps is going to be interesting! Can Merc hold on to their 1-2 while suffering gearbox sensor issues on both cars?

05 Jul 2020

Albon takes on a set of soft tyres. Mercedes opts not to pit their drivers. 

05 Jul 2020

Safety Car deployed. 

05 Jul 2020

More warnings for both drivers from Mercedes team radio: "The gearbox sensor issue is critical... please stay off the kerbs". 

05 Jul 2020

Albon in P3 is 9.7 seconds behind Hamilton. 

05 Jul 2020

Albon and Perez can put the front two under pressure, there are 22 laps to go. 

05 Jul 2020

The Mercedes pair are in a battle of their own, but the team radio to tell Bottas and Hamilton that both cars have "gearbox sensor issues"

05 Jul 2020

Hamilton isn't pushing as hard as he was a few laps ago. 

05 Jul 2020

Perez up to P4 after passing Norris. 

05 Jul 2020

Hamilton registers the quickest lap of the race. He is less than a second behind Bottas. 

05 Jul 2020

Vettel's spin sends him into 15th place, second last on the grid now behind Willams' Nicholas Latifi. 

05 Jul 2020

Oh no! Sainz and Leclerc are battling and Vettel is collateral damage as Sainz clips the German. 

05 Jul 2020

And we're back racing. Bottas leads Hamilton and Alex Albon. 

05 Jul 2020

SC in on this lap. 

05 Jul 2020

Kevin Magnussen seemingly lost his rear brakes and thankfully didn't crash into the barrier. 

05 Jul 2020

Safety Car deployed. 

05 Jul 2020

Hamilton now 3.8 sec behind his teammate after a series of good laps. Bottas under pressure after two poor laps. 

05 Jul 2020

Oh no! Trouble for the 'pink Mercedes' as Lance Stroll retires his Racing Point. 

05 Jul 2020

20/71: After Verstappen's exit, the revised top 10 looks like this: Bottas Hamilton Albon Norris Perez Leclerc Sainz Vettel Stroll Gasly

05 Jul 2020

Daniel Ricciardo, Max's former teammate, is the second car to retire. 

05 Jul 2020

Verstappen is the first retirement of the 2020 season. The mechanics push his car into the garage. 
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