F1 Result: Styrian Grand Prix 2020 - Lewis Hamilton wins as Ferrari's nightmare start continues

Lewis Hamilton kick-started his world championship defence by romping to victory at the Styrian Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton makes a peace symbol after dominating the Styrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Arena in Austria Hamilton salutes from the podium placed on the start/finish straight after taking his first victory of the season Hamilton's salute at the end of the race is part of his campaign to boost diversity within Formula One Having controlled the race from start to finish, Hamilton takes the acclaim of his team after crossing the finish line Hamilton also did his salute after stepping out of the car following his dominant victory at the Red Bull Ring on Sunday While Ferrari imploded – their two drivers colliding on the opening lap and retiring from proceedings – Mercedes finished first and second, with Red Bull's Max Verstappen third after being passed late on by Valtteri Bottas. The world champion took victory in front of Mercedes' team-mate Valtteri Bottas and Red Bull's Max Verstappen Kimi Raikkonen looks on as Ferrari's Charles Leclerc collides with his team-mate Sebastian Vettel on the opening lap The collision resulted in Vettel suffering severe damage to his rear wing as he tours slowly back to the pit-lane As well as Vettel, Leclerc was also forced to retire from the race following the incident as Ferrari's poor season start continued Vettel's back wing was irredeemably damaged. STYRIAN GRAND PRIX - RESULTS AND STANDINGS STYRIAN GRAND PRIX RESULTS 1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1hr 20min 50.683secs, 2 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:21:04.402 3 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:21:24.381 4 Alexander Albon Red Bull 1:21:35.083 5 Lando Norris McLaren 1:21:52.153 6 Sergio Perez Racing Point 1:21:53.070 7 Lance Stroll Racing Point 1:21:53.136 8 Daniel Ricciardo Renault 1:21:53.274 9 Carlos Sainz McLaren at 1 lap 10 Daniil Kvyat Alpha Tauri at 1 lap 11 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo at 1 lap 12 Kevin Magnussen Haas at 1 lap 13 Romain Grosjean Haas at 1 lap 14 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo at 1 lap 15 Pierre Gasly Alpha Tauri at 1 lap 16 George Russell Williams at 2 laps 17 Nicholas Latifi Williams at 2 laps Not Classified: 18 Esteban Ocon Renault 25 lap completed, 19 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 4 lap completed, 20 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1 lap completed Fastest Lap: Carlos Sainz 1min 05.619secs on lap 68 DRIVERS' STANDINGS 1 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 43pts 2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 37 3 Lando Norris McLaren 26 4 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 18 5 Sergio Perez Racing Point 16 6 Max Verstappen Red Bull 15 7 Carlos Sainz McLaren 13 8 Alexander Albon Red Bull 12 9 Pierre Gasly Alpha Tauri 6 10 Lance Stroll Racing Point 6 11 Esteban Ocon Renault 4 12 Daniel Ricciardo Renault 4 13 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo 2 14 Daniil Kvyat Scuderia Alpha Tauri 1 15 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1 16 Nicholas Latifi Williams 0 17 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo 0 18 Kevin Magnussen Haas 0 19 Romain Grosjean Haas 0 20 George Russell Williams 0 CONSTRUCTORS' STANDINGS: 1 Mercedes 80pts, 2 McLaren 39, 3 Red Bull 27, 4 Racing Point 22, 5 Ferrari 19, 6 Renault 8, 7 Alpha Tauri 7, 8 Alfa Romeo 2, 9 Williams 0, 10 Haas 0 From the start of the race, Hamilton led into the first corner, with Carlos Sainz pressuring from second place Verstappen ran in second for most of the race but front wing damage led to him losing out to Bottas late on in the race Britain's Lando Norris took three cars on the final lap ) to snatch fifth place for McLaren 'A big pity and something we should avoid, but there was not much I could have done differently. Before the race all drivers wore end racism t-shirts, with Hamilton opting to wear a Black Lives Matter shirt Before the race got underway, the majority of drivers took the knee, with Charles Leclerc, Kimi Raikkonen, Daniil Kvyat and Max Verstappen electing not to do so RE-LIVE THE STYRIAN GRAND PRIX ACTION HERE.