F1 Austrian GP Live commentary and updates - FP3 & Qualifying
Live updates from final practice and qualifying for the Formula 1 Austrian GP at the Red Bull Ring.
By: Lewis Duncan, Haydn Cobb
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Verstappen receives huge cheers from the orange-clad army as he picks up his mini-Pirelli tyre trophy for securing pole position. That's Verstappen's fourth pole of the year and third in a row.
Perez on P3: "It has been a really hard weekend up to know. It didn't come easy but in the end we got a good lap and a good starting position for tomorrow and I believe we have a better race car than in quali."
The incident involving Vettel and Alonso will be investigated after qualifying but that looks fairly clear-cut. Alonso had to totally back out to avoid the Aston Martin.
Verstappen tops Q2 from Hamilton and Bottas, as Russell makes it into Q3 for the first time as a Williams driver. Ferrari's decision to stick with the mediums doesn't work out with Sainz P11 and Leclerc P12.
Perez has the freedom of the Red Bull Ring, well he does drive for the home team after all, as he begins his first timed lap as the only driver on the track.
Ricciardo will be one relieved driver as he has a lap time deleted for track limits right at the end of Q1, but his earlier lap sees him scrape by in P15 fractionally ahead of Raikkonen.
And Ocon is shuffled out again - improvements from Russell, Tsunoda and Leclerc mean the Alpine driver is pushed back to P17. That's exactly where he qualified this time last week.
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