Bottas wins wild Austrian GP; Leclerc and Norris on podium

Valtteri Bottas won a wild Austrian Grand Prix ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and McLaren's Lando Norris, who claimed the first podium finish of his Formula One career. 

Bottas led from the start of the race and kept his cool through three Safety Car periods as remarkable drama unfolded behind him. Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton crossed the line in second position but was relegated to fourth after the race with a time penalty for an incident with Alexander Albon, who had looked like a contender for victory in the closing stages. Albon and Hamilton collided at Turn 4 while vying for position, and the stewards deemed the reigning world champion to be at fault. 

Mercedes' race was not without other drama, with Bottas and Hamilton both told to keep their cars off the Red Bull Ring's kerbs as concerns grew about the gearbox in each driver's car.

Ferrari's dismal weekend was turned on its head in the closing stages as Leclerc charged through the field after a flurry of late Safety Car periods.

Norris did similar, barging past Racing Point's Sergio Perez a handful of laps from the finish. 

After the race, the 2019 rookie of the year said: "I'm speechless. There were a few points where I thought I'd fudged it up a bit ... but I managed to get past Perez and end up on the podium. I'm so happy and so proud of the team."

Norris' McLaren teammate, Carlos Sainz, finished fifth ahead of Perez, who dropped down the order with a five-second penalty for speeding in the pit lane. Pierre Gasly was seventh, ahead of Esteban Ocon, who returned to the points in his first race since the 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Antonio Giovinazzi was ninth, ahead of Sebastian Vettel, who had to settle for 10th position after being knocked into a spin by Sainz midway through the race. 

Williams' Nicholas Latifi had the last car to finish the race, in 11th, with nine cars failing to make the finish.

The race had looked set to be a routine Mercedes 1-2 after Max Verstappen's Red Bull slowed in the opening stint, forcing the Dutchman to retire. Verstappen had seemed best-placed to challenge either Mercedes as he was starting on an alternative strategy. 

Renault's Daniel Ricciardo retired in the early stages with car trouble, and both Haas drivers spun out of the race. George Russell was running in an encouraging position for Williams before late car trouble. 

Kimi Raikkonen's Alfa Romeo shed a front tyre at the beginning of the second Safety Car restart, and Alpha Tauri was denied a double points finish when Daniil Kvyat's car suffered a rear suspension failure on the penultimate lap.