Formula One came back with a bang on Sunday as Finland’s Valtteri Bottas won a dramatic Austrian season-opener for champions Mercedes in a race with only 11 finishers and no spectators.

Bottas wins dramatic Austrian opener

The Austrian Grand Prix was a roller-coaster ride in every sense. While Finland’s Valtteri Bottas won a dramatic Austrian season-opener for champions Mercedes in a race with only 11 finishers and no spectators, the humdinger of a race witnessed yet another crash between Lewis Hamilton and Alex Albon.

Austrian GP: Lewis Hamilton-Alex Albon get into dramatic collision yet again - Watch

Six-times world champion Lewis Hamilton has said he was “silenced” earlier in his Formula One career over his plans to protest racism by taking a knee. The Mercedes driver was one of 14 who knelt before Sunday’s season-opening Austrian Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton regrets being 'silenced' on taking a knee in the past

Max Verstappen will seek a hat-trick of home wins for Red Bull and an early lead in the drivers championship at this weekend's delayed and somewhat surreal season-opening Austrian Grand Prix.

Formula One in brave new world as Verstappen seeks repeat Austria triumph

The world has been stuck in the pit garage over the last few months to borrow a racing term but now the covers are coming off. Sport has resumed in some parts of the world and the truly global sport of Formula One is gearing up for a much delayed season opener.

Gasly: F1 will stand for an equal and more just society

After much delay, the Formula One season is finally set to kick start at Spielberg’s Red Bull Ring in Austria on July 5 (Sunday). The original opener in Australia witnessed a last-minute cancellation after five crew members were quarantined after displaying COVID-19 symptoms with the race now set to open in Austria.

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Formula One emerges from its three-month coronavirus lockdown with Sunday's new season curtain-raiser, the Austrian Grand Prix. AFP Sport looks at five talking talking points ahead of the start of the behind-closed doors race at the Spielberg circuit.

Five talking points ahead of F1 start in Austria

Formula One boss Chase Carey on Monday targeted the coronavirus-hit season eventually starting in Austria on July 5 after the French Grand Prix was cancelled and fans barred from the British race at Silverstone.

F1 season set for Austria start as French Grand Prix cancelled

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