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F1 Austrian GP Live Commentary and Updates - FP1 & FP2
Live updates from Friday practice at the Red Bull Ring
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Hamilton improves to P7 but the world champion is still 0.566s adrift of Verstappen.
Mazepin has a moment but just manages to hang onto the Haas at Turn 1.
We have only 15 minutes remaining in the session. Verstappen remains on top from the Ferrari duo of Leclerc and Sainz.
Tsunoda once again shows his displeasure by traffic. This time a Williams gets in his way.
Bottas sits in P5 with a 1m05.495s while Mercedes team-mate Hamilton is P9.
The top 10 have now posted times in the 1m05s bracket. Only 0.7s cover the top 10.
Leclerc jumps up to P2 just 0.2s behind Verstappen.
Mazepin and Hamilton almost make contact at Turn 3. Close call there! Both escape unscathed.
Sainz to P2 now with a 1m05.431s.
Yellow flags come out after Mazepin has a spin at Turn 3.
Raikkonen has climbed to P3 as Verstappen improves to pip Tsunoda to the fastest time. Tsunoda briefly held top spot before Verstappen posted a 1m05.143s.
Bottas jumps to P10 with a 1m06.141s lap on the softs.
Ilott moves to P13 in the Alfa Romeo. Decent effort that.
That's Stroll's second spin in the session so far.
Stroll has a wild spin at the final corner. He's flat-spotted the fronts.
Hamilton fires in a lap on the soft tyres to go P3 with a 1m05.892s.
Charles Leclerc snatches a brake on the front right and runs wide at Turn 1.
Front wing changes at Red Bull. Horner says they are not upgrades. The circuit is tough on wings apparently.
Red Bull boss Christian Horner says the new Pirelli tyre is "slightly different in feeling."
Daniel Ricciardo is the top McLaren in P10 with team-mate Lando Norris in P11.
Sainz puts his Ferrari into P3 with 1m05.974s effort.
Only nine cars out on track at the moment.
Currently the Mercedes duo of Bottas and Hamilton are P18 and P20 respectively with 38 minutes remaining.
At the front the AlphaTauris of Gasly and Tsunoda dip into the 1m05s. Gasly is just under 0.2s adrift of Verstappen.
Zhou is currently the fastest of the three test drivers in action. Zhou sits P14, Ilott P15 and Nissany P16.
Raikkonen reports his frustration caused by a slow Mazepin in the final sector.
Hamilton is currently P20 having posted a 1m09.678s.
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Verstappen drops into the 1m05s bracket. He logs a 1m05.558s. Almost half a second faster than Red Bull team-mate Perez in P2.
Yellow flag
Lance Stroll brings out the yellow flags after a spin onto the grass at Turn 7 in the Aston Martin. He drops a wheel into the gravel tarp on the exit which spins the car around. Stroll is using the prototype rear tyres.
Interestingly the Red Bull backed cars occupy the top four spots. Verstappen heads Gasly, Perez and Tsunoda.
Verstappen back to the top with a 1m06.007s. Hamilton has his time deleted for exceeding track limits at the final corner.
Yuki Tsunoda has had a trip through the Turn 5 gravel trap in the sister AlphaTauri.
Perez has jumped to P2 juts 0.3s adrift of Gasly's time.
Carlos Sainz has a had a little moment running wide at Turn 1.
Gasly on the medium tyres is 0.6s faster than Verstappen.
Gasly back to the top now with a 1m06.054s.
Pierre Gasly has set the initial pace but his time has been deleted. Verstappen is fastest with a 1m06.640s effort.
Hamilton is on the new prototype rear Pirelli tyres which have no markings.
We will also see Formula 2 championship leader Guanyu Zhou driving Fernando Alonso's Alpine in the session. Callum Ilott is in Antonio Giovinazzi's Alfa Romeo, while Roy Nissany is piloting George Russell's Williams.
Session is underway at the Red Bull Ring.
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