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Hamilton continues to hunt down Norris with DRS, but the McLaren driver continues to hold firm. Bottas has dropped back from this battle.
Stopwatch
Verstappen has dropped a 1m09.091s to extend his lead, as Norris is now under attack from Hamilton.
Quick rewind to the lap 1 tussle which saw Ocon retire with damage - the race stewards have deemed no investigation is necessary.
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"Gasly's doing 10.4s, 10.4s", Norris is told. "Yeah, I don't care," comes the McLaren driver's reply. Norris is going a second faster than that as it stands.
Since dropping into the middle of the midfield fight Perez hasn't made any progress. He remains in 10th tucked up behind Ricciardo in a DRS train led by Stroll in seventh.
Penalty
And just like that, Giovinazzi's fate is confirmed. The Italian has a five-second time penalty for overtaking while the safety car was out.
The DRS is now enabled, so Hamilton has extra tools to play with as he tries to clear Norris.
A pit entry incident involving Giovinazzi is under investigation for overtaking before the safety car line - he did pop up to 10th on the timing screen while pitting so there's a fair chance he is in trouble.
Verstappen has been given free licence to scamper off into the distance, as Norris will soon have the Mercedes pair to think about.
All very well behaved behind the frontrunners, as Perez slots into 10th place after his gravel trip, behind Ricciardo and ahead of Leclerc.
Norris holds the inside into Turn 3, as Perez throws the kitchen sink at Norris! The Red Bull tries the outside at Turn 4, keeps his foot in and ends up in the gravel!
Green flag
We're back underway! Verstappen really backs the pack up and that lets Perez try to attack Norris!
Safety car
The safety car is coming in this lap.
Gasly gave Bottas something to think about in the opening part of the lap, but wasn't close enough to give the Mercedes a proper challenge.
All as you were among the top seven as that safety car came out - Hamilton couldn't find a way past Perez at Turn 4, as the Red Bull keeps hold of third.
Pit stop
Giovinazzi pitted at the end of lap one, probably due to damage after clashing with Ocon at Turn 3, with the Alfa Romeo driver taking on the hard tyres.
Safety car
Ocon has stopped at Turn 3 and has a broken right-front wheel, he was caught between Schumacher and Giovinazzi and got pinched. That’s caused an early safety car.
Everyone at the front gets away cleanly, Verstappen clear ahead of Norris as Hamilton battles with Perez!
Lights out
The Austrian Grand Prix begins!
Green flag
The formation lap begins.
Breaking news
Tyre news: softs for Gasly, Tsunoda, Stroll and Vettel. Sainz and Raikkonen on hards, everyone else on mediums.
Five minutes to go, folks! Let's get ready to rumble...
The track temp is right up to 35 degrees C now, so it's just skyrocketing at the moment.
Rain
We've got a risk of rain at 60%.
When F1 sent a "foo" notification, was it a shout-out to Aldi Dave Grohl on drums?
Austria's having fun with its anthems this year, isn't?
As things get hot under the collar at Williams, it's cooler everywhere else - 20 degrees C air temperature, 30.8 degrees on-track.
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It appears as though George Russell may be cursed - he reported "something's not right with the rear of the car, 100%" on his recon lap. Williams will take a look.
Hello everyone - thanks for joining our Autosport Live update extravaganza! The Austrian Grand Prix will get underway in about 20 minutes' time.
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