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Replays of the first lap show how eventful it was for Bottas and Raikkonen in particular.
Vandoorne's nose damage occurred when he collided with Gasly at the apex of Turn 3 - the McLaren was pinched on the inside.
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Order: 1 Hamilton; 2 Bottas; 3 Verstappen; 4 Raikkonen; 5 Ricciardo; 6 Vettel; 7 Grosjean; 8 Magnussen; 9 Hulkenberg; 10 Ocon; 11 Sainz; 12 Stroll; 13 Perez; 14 Gasly; 15 Sirotkin; 16 Ericsson; 17 Hartley; 18 Alonso; 19 Leclerc; 20 Hartley
The leaders are spreading out - Hamilton from Bottas, then Verstappen, Raikkonen and Ricciardo, with Vettel a further 2.2s back now he's cleared the two Haas.
Leclerc's trip through the gravel has dropped him to 19th, only ahead of Vandoorne.
Vettel dives past Grosjean to take sixth into the downhill Turn 4. He slews a bit wide but hold the place.
There's a piece of McLaren front wing - presumably from Vandoorne's car - sitting just off the racing line at the exit of Turn 3.
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"I think the Red Bull hit me in the rear in the corner where he passed me," Raikkonen tells Ferrari.
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"There's a lot of debris down at Turn 3," Hamilton reports.
Leclerc is able to rejoin after skating across the gravel.
Bottas's start from pole really wasn't great and he immediately lost first place. Raikkonen made the best start of all, but he couldn't make it between the two Mercedes so slotted in behind Hamilton, before things got further mixed up later in the lap.
Leclerc is off in the gravel at Turn 5.
Vandoorne pits - he's got front wing damage.
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Order: 1 Hamilton; 2 Bottas; 3 Verstappen; 4 Raikkonen; 5 Ricciardo; 6 Grosjean; 7 Vettel; 8 Magnussen
Vettel went out wide at Turn 3 too and is down to eighth behind the two Haas, though he now passes Magnussen for seventh.
Now Verstappen attacks Raikkonen and takes third.
Bottas had fallen down to fourth but he goes down the outside into Turn 4 and manages to go around past Verstappen and Raikkonen into second!
Possible contact between Ocon and one of the Renault drivers on the run up to Turn 3.
Raikkonen tries to go down the outside of Hamilton into Turn 3 but locks up and runs wide.
Lights green
Raikkonen is trying to get between the two Mercedes, as Bottas falls from first to fourth and Hamilton takes the lead.
The red lights come on...
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Poleman Bottas brings the field round the final corner as they begin to line up on the grid.
The formation lap is underway.
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Honda opted to change the Kiwi’s power unit ahead of the race for “tactical” reasons, as he was already due to start on the back row of the grid 
Fans of massive (and ultimately meaningless) grid penalties - and statistically there will be some who enjoy seeing them - will be delighted to know that Brendon Hartley has been sent to the back of the grid (effectively no places dropped) for taking a new engine.
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Fernando Alonso fans looking for the McLaren driver taking up his 14th place grid spot will instead have to look to the pitlane exit, as the double world champion is starting there after changing his front wing following qualifying 
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Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has suggested such repeated errors could come back to "bite" the German driver in the title fight 
Vettel’s penalty comes a week after he collided with Bottas at Turn 1 in France.
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You can read the precise reasoning for the decision to penalise Vettel here 
Valtteri Bottas starts from pole for the second year in a row at the Red Bull Ring, ahead of his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton.
Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen will start third after Sebastian Vettel was demoted three places for impeding Carlos Sainz Jr in qualifying.
Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen will start third after Sebastian Vettel was demoted three places for impeding Carlos Sainz Jr in qualifying.
Welcome Autosport’s live coverage of the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix.
By: Geoff Creighton
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