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The bunch squeezes up at the tight Turn 3, Leclerc attempts to dive up the inside of Vettel but they bash wheels which puts Leclerc on the kerb and launches him on to the rear of his team-mate. Vettel makes it back to the pits but he retires from the race.
Leclerc's got the old wing on now - so much for those upgrades.
Albon's got past Ocon too, solid start from the Red Bull driver seeking to atone for an iffy quali yesterday.
Yellow flag
It's a safety car!
Hamilton holds the lead, but Sainz hangs on behind Verstappen, he's going for second...
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The Ferrari pair have made contact at Turn 3! Vettel has a broken rear wing!
Lights green
The 2020 Styrian Grand Prix is go!
The cars begin to line up for the start.
Green flag
We're away for the formation lap!
And Vettel's on the mediums too - as are Kvyat, Raikkonen, Giovinazzi and Latifi.
Free choice of tyres after a wet quali - everyone in the top 10 bar Ricciardo start on softs.
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Less than five minutes klaxon!
Mercedes personnel take the knee.
Temperatures have dropped a little since we last mentioned it - 19.8 degrees C air, 37.6 degrees C track. Crucially, no risk of rain.
Is it us, or does the shade of yellow on this year's Renault remind you of the 2000 Jordan? It's very retina-scorching.
Behind Hamilton and Verstappen, we have Sainz starting third, looking to help McLaren to another big weekend here in Austria. He'll have to be Sainzsible in the opening corners to hold his position.
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15 minutes until lights out.
Let's be honest, F1's decision to broadcast a paraglider instead of the drivers standing against inequality is questionable at best.
Lots of questions around this weekend - will Verstappen challenge Hamilton? Will Ferrari and Racing Point recover? Will Stevens drove for Manor in 2015.
Track temperature is 39.7 degrees C, so it's not blisteringly hot today. The mercury was pushing much higher numbers on Friday, so these are new conditions once again.
Air temperature, as it stands is about 20.4 degrees C, which is room temperature. Although, surely every room is room temperature...
After 71 laps, we will indeed have a Vienna of this second Austria race. Too tenuous?
Our second race weekend in Austria in a row, much to the delight of Red Bull Ring fans - who says the Graz is always greener on the other side?
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On that Grosjean news, he'll start from the pitlane, while Giovinazzi will start at the back following a gearbox change - but he was starting in 19th anyway, so no change.
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The weather should be perfect today, unlike yesterday's deluge! The F2 and F3 races went ahead earlier today, and ART won both of them as Christian Lundgaard beat Dan Ticktum in F2, while Theo Pourchaire inherited victory in F3 after Jake Hughes and Liam Lawson collided ahead of him.
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Some news, as Romain Grosjean, who suffered a water pump failure yesterday, has avoided being disqualified after Haas broke parc ferme to fix his car: 
Hello everyone, and welcome to our Autosport Live blog - it's a fine ol' Sunday afternoon and F1's Styrian GP will be underway in just 45 minutes!
By: Jake Boxall-Legge
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