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Bottas wins season-opening thriller as Hamilton hit with penalties in Austria

Valtteri Bottas enjoyed a thrilling lights-to-flag Austrian Grand Prix victory as the 2020 Formula 1 season finally roared into life with an incident-packed race in which reigning champion Lewis Hamilton could only finish fourth after being hit with two penalties. Bottas' triumph ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and McLaren's Lando Norris was given a double helping hand, initially in controversial fashion as just 41 minutes before the start, the stewards announced a grid drop of three places for six-time F1 champion Hamilton for ignoring yellow flags in the final session of qualifying. Article continues under video It was a reverse of the decision made on Saturday, and sparked following...
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