Valtteri Bottas won the 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.
Ahead of the race, the opening event of the 2020 season, drivers displayed T-shirts carrying the message "End Racism," which was also written on the start/finish line. Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton, the sport's only Black driver, wore a T-shirt with the message "Black Lives Matter."
Before the drivers gathered for the Austrian national anthem, they stood in a line. Fourteen of them took a knee, while six stayed standing. In addition to Verstappen, Leclerc and 2007 world champion Raikkonen, Daniil Kvyat, Carlos Sainz and Antonio Giovinazzi also stood
Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc and Kimi Raikkonen were among the six drivers who declined to take a knee ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday.
Ahead of the race, the opening event of the 2020 season, drivers displayed T-shirts carrying the message "End Racism," which was also written on the start/finish line. Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton, the sport's only Black driver, wore a T-shirt with the message "Black Lives Matter."
Before the drivers gathered for the Austrian national anthem, they stood in a line. Fourteen of them took a knee, while six stayed standing. In addition to Verstappen, Leclerc and 2007 world champion Raikkonen, Daniil Kvyat, Carlos Sainz and Antonio Giovinazzi also stood
Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc and Kimi Raikkonen were among the six drivers who declined to take a knee ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday.