Formula 1 finally returns to action this weekend at the Red Bull Ring in Austria and the teams have been setting up their equipment on Wednesday ahead of first practice on Friday morning.
Check out the first photos from a rather different looking European paddock as fancy motorhomes are replaced with temporary units – although Red Bull’s impressive Holzhaus has made it!
Renault F1 Team trucks in the paddock. Austrian Grand Prix, Wednesday 1st July 2020. Spielberg, Austria. 
Circuit atmosphere. Austrian Grand Prix, Wednesday 1st July 2020. Spielberg, Austria. 
Circuit atmosphere – the start / finish straight and media centre. Austrian Grand Prix, Wednesday 1st July 2020. Spielberg, Austria. 
Circuit atmosphere – the start / finish straight and media centre. Austrian Grand Prix, Wednesday 1st July 2020. Spielberg, Austria. 
Paddock atmosphere – Renault F1 Team. Austrian Grand Prix, Wednesday 1st July 2020. Spielberg, Austria. 
Paddock atmosphere – McLaren. Austrian Grand Prix, Wednesday 1st July 2020. Spielberg, Austria. 
Paddock atmosphere – McLaren. Austrian Grand Prix, Wednesday 1st July 2020. Spielberg, Austria. 
Paddock atmosphere – Mercedes AMG F1 trucks in the paddock. Austrian Grand Prix, Wednesday 1st July 2020. Spielberg, Austria. 
Paddock atmosphere – Renault F1 Team trucks. Austrian Grand Prix, Wednesday 1st July 2020. Spielberg, Austria. 
Renault F1 Team trucks in the paddock. Austrian Grand Prix, Wednesday 1st July 2020. Spielberg, Austria.
F1 can expect a very different atmosphere as no fans will be present at the race, with only very select media permitted access, including our sister publication, Motorsport Monday, grand prix editor Joe Saward.
Fewer team personnel are also permitted, hence why no hospitality units have been shipped to Austria.
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