We analyse the main talking points from the first competitive session of the 2020 season after Valtteri Bottas beat Lewis Hamilton to pole position in Austria.
First blood to Bottas
Valtteri Bottas took pole position at the opening round of the 2020 F1 season. Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty ImagesAs Lewis Hamilton's teammate, Valtteri Bottas has one of the toughest jobs in Formula One. Any victory over Hamilton, even by a margin as small as 0.012s as it was on Saturday, is huge, but always comes with the caveat that the man on the other side of the garage will come back even stronger. As a result, Bottas will know that he only has a fraction of the job done as he lines his Mercedes up on pole…
