The 2020 Austrian Grand Prix opened the delayed Formula One season and marked Lando Norris's first career podium finish.
Key Facts
- Race winner
- Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes)
- Second place
- Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
- Third place
- Lando Norris (McLaren)
- Circuit
- Red Bull Ring, Spielberg
- Championship round
- Opening round of 2020 F1 World Championship
- Grand Prix running number
- 34th Austrian Grand Prix
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
The 2020 Formula One World Championship had its opening round at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria. Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes entered as defending champions in their respective categories, while Max Verstappen was the defending race winner at this venue, having won in 2018 and 2019.
Held on 5 July 2020, the Austrian Grand Prix saw Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas take victory, with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc finishing second and McLaren's Lando Norris in third. It was the first of two consecutive Formula One races held at the Red Bull Ring that season, followed by the Styrian Grand Prix the following week.
Lando Norris secured his first Formula One podium, becoming the third youngest driver at the time to achieve this distinction, a record later surpassed by Andrea Kimi Antonelli at the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix. The race set the tone for the compressed 2020 season calendar.