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.

This season, The Independent will be updating a list of power rankings after every race, ranking who the pound-for-pound best performing drivers are when taking all aspects of weekend performance into account

Team by team analysis of Sunday's season-opening Austrian Formula One Grand Prix at Spielberg's Red Bull Ring (listed in championship order):

McLaren's Lando Norris felt the absence of cheering fans more than most as the Briton celebrated his first Formula One podium finish in front of empty grandstands at Austria's Red Bull Ring on Sunday.

Lando Norris went from shocked to speechless to over the moon at the season-opening Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday as he celebrated a third place for McLaren and his first Formula One podium.

Leclerc second after Hamilton is handed a five-second penalty; maiden podium finish for Norris

Finnish flyer Valtteri Bottas won the opening race of the 2020 Formula 1 season at the Austrian Grand Prix after a dramatic finale that saw teammate Lewis Hamilton denied a podium by a penalty and a hard-charging Lando Norris. Read Full Article at RT.com

Finland's Valtteri Bottas won a dramatic first race of the delayed Formula One season for champions Mercedes in Austria on Sunday, with the safety car driver kept busy and only 11 of the 20 cars finishing.

Mercedes driver led every lap but behind him a chaotic and attritional Grand Prix saw just 11 cars finish

Finland's Valtteri Bottas won a dramatic first race of the delayed Formula One season for champions Mercedes in Austria on Sunday, with the safety car driver kept busy and only 11 of the 20 cars finishing.

Six times world champion Lewis Hamilton was demoted from the front row to fifth on the starting grid for Formula One's season opening Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday after a stewards' review of his qualifying lap.

Bottas wins F1's season-opening Austrian GP, Hamilton in 4th

Hamilton starts Austrian GP from 5th after grid penalty

Six times world champion Lewis Hamilton was demoted from the front row to fifth on the starting grid for Formula One's season opening Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday after a stewards' review of his qualifying lap.

A shocked Lando Norris collected a call from the Crown Prince of Bahrain after qualifying fourth for the season-opening Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday to secure McLaren's highest grid position since 2016.

A shocked Lando Norris collected a call from the Crown Prince of Bahrain after qualifying fourth for the season-opening Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday to secure McLaren's highest grid position since 2016.

Finland's Valtteri Bottas put Mercedes on pole position for the season-opening Austrian Formula One Grand Prix with six times world champion team mate Lewis Hamilton alongside on the front row.

Finland's Valtteri Bottas put Mercedes on pole position for the season-opening Austrian Formula One Grand Prix with six times world champion team mate Lewis Hamilton alongside on the front row.

Finnish ace Valtteri Bottas was the class of the field in qualifying for the first Formula 1 Grand Prix of the COVID-19-delayed 2020 season, as he pipped teammate Lewis Hamilton in a dominant session for Mercedes in Austria. Read Full Article at RT.com

Valtteri Bottas has upstaged Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton by taking pole position for Formula One’s season-opening Austrian Grand Prix

Formula One got back on track in changed circumstances but familiar fashion at the season-opening Austrian Grand Prix on Friday, with Mercedes and six-times world champion Lewis Hamilton picking up where they left off last year.

Leads the ‘Black Arrows’ to a 1-2 in both practice sessions

He nearly quit motorsport for good, but 2020 is his chance to prove himself among the world's best.

Six times world champion Lewis Hamilton says he was not targeting Formula One rivals when he condemned the sport's silence on racial injustice and the lack of diversity.

McLaren's Formula One future was never in doubt despite a cash crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and now resolved by a fresh injection of funds, team principal Andreas Seidl said on Tuesday.

RT @LeeMcClymont: @landonor4 The Lando Norris beef is the funniest cos he is the nicest person and it is so far removed from reality it’s h…

RT @formullana: Lewis Hamilton has done nothing but be supportive, online and in person, of Lando Norris and McLaren. Yet the second Norris…

RT @CharleyWTF1: Lando Norris: *breathes* “what an ungrateful, disrespectful child”

RT @formullana: Lewis Hamilton has done nothing but be supportive, online and in person, of Lando Norris and McLaren. Yet the second Norris…

RT @CharleyWTF1: Lando Norris: *breathes* “what an ungrateful, disrespectful child”

RT @fiagirly: Lando Norris “I know Lewis complains a lot of how amazing our car is and how bad theirs is….” Lewis: https://t.co/uJZXgvk1hC

RT @nycprker: lando norris might not be your fav but he's certainly your fav's favourite https://t.co/nSB3Q0tblE

RT @formullana: Lewis Hamilton has done nothing but be supportive, online and in person, of Lando Norris and McLaren. Yet the second Norris…

RT @fiagirly: Lando Norris “I know Lewis complains a lot of how amazing our car is and how bad theirs is….” Lewis: https://t.co/uJZXgvk1hC

RT @fiagirly: Lando Norris “I know Lewis complains a lot of how amazing our car is and how bad theirs is….” Lewis: https://t.co/uJZXgvk1hC

RT @formullana: Lewis Hamilton has done nothing but be supportive, online and in person, of Lando Norris and McLaren. Yet the second Norris…

RT @fiagirly: Lando Norris “I know Lewis complains a lot of how amazing our car is and how bad theirs is….” Lewis: https://t.co/uJZXgvk1hC

RT @formullana: Lewis Hamilton has done nothing but be supportive, online and in person, of Lando Norris and McLaren. Yet the second Norris…

RT @nycprker: lando norris might not be your fav but he's certainly your fav's favourite https://t.co/nSB3Q0tblE

RT @redbullfanboy88: What do these drivers have in common? Nikita Mazepin Nicolas Latifi Rio Haryanto Lando Norris Yuji Ide Sean Gelael…

RT @fxingerz: Lando Norris is an immature and ungrateful snob and jeez when will you all admit it...

RT @nycprker: lando norris might not be your fav but he's certainly your fav's favourite https://t.co/nSB3Q0tblE

RT @fiagirly: Lando Norris “I know Lewis complains a lot of how amazing our car is and how bad theirs is….” Lewis: https://t.co/uJZXgvk1hC

RT @iiiuminateandy: lando norris breaking max verstappen’s trophy with the champagne pop is the most lando norris thing to do

Lando Norris needs to grow up. Lewis Hamilton is still the last driver to win a championship for McLaren

RT @CharleyWTF1: Lando Norris: *breathes* “what an ungrateful, disrespectful child”

lando norris might not be your fav but he's certainly your fav's favourite https://t.co/nSB3Q0tblE

RT @CharleyWTF1: Lando Norris: *breathes* “what an ungrateful, disrespectful child”

RT @fiagirly: Lando Norris “I know Lewis complains a lot of how amazing our car is and how bad theirs is….” Lewis: https://t.co/uJZXgvk1hC

RT @fiagirly: Lando Norris “I know Lewis complains a lot of how amazing our car is and how bad theirs is….” Lewis: https://t.co/uJZXgvk1hC

RT @premystic: One driver got matched up against a 2 time world champion and won a race in his 6th ever race start The other driver got de…

RT @l4ndonor: ~ lando norris and carlos sainz; a thread ~ https://t.co/JDiqoy5gww

RT @iiiuminateandy: LANDO NORRIS BACK TO BACK PODIUMS https://t.co/sVnuDnYHaO

RT @CharleyWTF1: Lando Norris: *breathes* “what an ungrateful, disrespectful child”

RT @fiagirly: Lando Norris “I know Lewis complains a lot of how amazing our car is and how bad theirs is….” Lewis: https://t.co/uJZXgvk1hC

RT @iiiuminateandy: lando norris’ selfies (with special guests) https://t.co/TRZhJyiZz3

RT @natgracing: Who had the worse car: Lewis Hamilton in first 8 races of 2009 or Lando Norris in first 8 races of 2023? Average Qualifyin…

how lando norris accidentally smashing a trophy and essentially praising lewis for always having starts at the front and hardly ever having to battle at the back of the pack has created this much turmoil on twitter astounds me

RT @fiagirly: Lando Norris “I know Lewis complains a lot of how amazing our car is and how bad theirs is….” Lewis: https://t.co/uJZXgvk1hC

RT @CharleyWTF1: Lando Norris: *breathes* “what an ungrateful, disrespectful child”

RT @formullana: Lewis Hamilton has done nothing but be supportive, online and in person, of Lando Norris and McLaren. Yet the second Norris…

RT @CharleyWTF1: Lando Norris: *breathes* “what an ungrateful, disrespectful child”

RT @fiagirly: Lando Norris “I know Lewis complains a lot of how amazing our car is and how bad theirs is….” Lewis: https://t.co/uJZXgvk1hC

RT @CharleyWTF1: Lando Norris: *breathes* “what an ungrateful, disrespectful child”

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