2020 F1 Styrian Grand Prix race results

From pole position, Hamilton led the battling Max Verstappen (Red Bull) and McLaren’s Sainz on the opening lap, as the Ferraris collided at Turn 3, which caused an immediate safety car to allow the marshals to clear the track of debris. Sebastian Vettel toured into the pits with no rear wing, while Charles Leclerc – who initiated the contact by lunging up the inside – needed a fresh front wing. Vettel’s car was retired immediately, while an apologetic Leclerc continued with floor damage but retired a couple of laps later.

At the restart, Hamilton led Verstappen, Sainz, Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) and Alex Albon (Red Bull). Bottas passed Sainz for third on Lap 6, and Albon also DRS-ed past him two laps later. The Renaults duelled over sixth position, delaying each other and allowing Sainz to pull away, and the Racing Points to catch them. Daniel Ricciardo finally passed Esteban Ocon, at the third attempt, on Lap 20.

Verstappen pitted first to switch from softs to mediums on Lap 24, to protect from being undercut by Bottas, with Hamilton pitting two laps later and Bottas staying out much longer. Bottas stopped on Lap 34, rejoining behind Verstappen – but saving 10 laps on his new mediums.

Hamilton was untroubled out front, managing a 5s-plus gap over Verstappen, who was suffering some front wing endplate damage, so Max’s attentions turned to keeping Bottas at bay on his fresher tyres. Bottas got into DRS range with six laps remaining, as Verstappen reported “shocking” driveability exiting Turn 3 due to his higher rear tyre wear.

They swapped positions on Lap 67, as Verstappen refused to cede the runner-up spot without a fight, but Bottas sealed the deal a lap later to finish second.

Sainz suffered a poor pitstop due to a left-rear wheel that refused to engage, losing his fifth place to Ricciardo – and two further spots to both Racing Points. Sergio Perez vaulted up the order from 17^th on the grid, passing Ricciardo for fifth with 22 laps to go. He then chased Albon, setting a sequence of fastest laps in his chase of the Red Bull, but Albon clung to fourth despite some contact that broke Perez’s front wing.

McLaren switched Sainz and Lando Norris in an attempt to catch the Ricciardo/Stroll battle with 10 laps to go. Stroll snatched sixth from Ricciardo at Turn 3, with Norris also passing Ricciardo. Norris passed Stroll on the final lap, and then grabbed fifth from an ailing Perez at the final corner, with the Mexican finishing just ahead of Stroll and Ricciardo with his damaged car.

Ocon retired from seventh place with a suspected cooling issue that caused his engine to overheat.

F1 Styrian Grand Prix race results

Cla	Driver		Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time	Gap	km/h	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton		Mercedes	Mercedes	71	1:22'50.683			25
2	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	Mercedes	71	1:23'04.402	13.719		18
3	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	Honda	71	1:23'24.381	33.698		15
4	Alex Albon		Red Bull	Honda	71	1:23'35.083	44.400		12
5	Lando Norris		McLaren	Renault	71	1:23'52.153	1'01.470		10
6	Sergio Perez		Racing Point	Mercedes	71	1:23'53.070	1'02.387		8
7	Lance Stroll		Racing Point	Mercedes	71	1:23'53.136	1'02.453		6
8	Daniel Ricciardo		Renault	Renault	71	1:23'53.274	1'02.591		4
9	Carlos Sainz Jr.		McLaren	Renault	70	1 lap			3
10	Daniil Kvyat		AlphaTauri	Honda	70	1 lap			1
11	Kimi Raikkonen		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	70	1 lap
12	Kevin Magnussen		Haas	Ferrari	70	1 lap
13	Romain Grosjean		Haas	Ferrari	70	1 lap
14	Antonio Giovinazzi		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	70	1 lap
15	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	Honda	70	1 lap
16	George Russell		Williams	Mercedes	69	2 laps
17	Nicholas Latifi		Williams	Mercedes	69	2 laps
	Esteban Ocon		Renault	Renault	25
	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	Ferrari	4
	Sebastian Vettel		Ferrari	Ferrari	1
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F1 Styrian Grand Prix race fastest laps

Cla	Driver		Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time	Gap	km/h
1	Carlos Sainz Jr.		McLaren	Renault	68	1'05.619		236.894
2	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	Honda	70	1'06.145	0.526	235.010
3	Lewis Hamilton		Mercedes	Mercedes	68	1'06.719	1.100	232.989
4	Sergio Perez		Racing Point	Mercedes	68	1'07.188	1.569	231.362
5	Lando Norris		McLaren	Renault	66	1'07.193	1.574	231.345
6	Alex Albon		Red Bull	Honda	68	1'07.299	1.680	230.981
7	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	Mercedes	62	1'07.534	1.915	230.177
8	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	Honda	69	1'07.827	2.208	229.183
9	Daniel Ricciardo		Renault	Renault	65	1'07.832	2.213	229.166
10	Lance Stroll		Racing Point	Mercedes	65	1'07.833	2.214	229.162
11	Kevin Magnussen		Haas	Ferrari	69	1'08.009	2.390	228.569
12	Romain Grosjean		Haas	Ferrari	69	1'08.047	2.428	228.442
13	Daniil Kvyat		AlphaTauri	Honda	60	1'08.378	2.759	227.336
14	Kimi Raikkonen		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	57	1'08.382	2.763	227.322
15	Antonio Giovinazzi		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	54	1'08.512	2.893	226.891
16	George Russell		Williams	Mercedes	36	1'08.601	2.982	226.597
17	Nicholas Latifi		Williams	Mercedes	68	1'08.806	3.187	225.922
18	Esteban Ocon		Renault	Renault	22	1'09.321	3.702	224.243
19	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	Ferrari	3	1'35.379	29.760	162.979
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The race as it happened