F1 Austrian GP Live Updates - final practice and qualifying | Live text

17:22 That's all from us today - we'll see you tomorrow for the first race of 2020! Thanks for joining us!

17:19 Here's the report then, from the first qualifying session of the year:

Austrian GP: Bottas beats Hamilton for pole position as Ferrari struggle

Valtteri Bottas turned the tables on his Mercedes Formula 1 team-mate Lewis Hamilton by claiming pole for the Austrian Grand Prix despite skating into the gravel on his final effort

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17:12 "I matched my Q2 time, I didn't find anything more in Q3. I probably lacked a bit of a tow," Perez tells Sky. The RP20 looks strong in the corners, but the three straights can usually yield a bit more with a slipstream...

17:11 Radio onboard Ricciardo's car shows there was a yellow after Bottas went off - which seems to have glued the Australian to P10 on tomorrow's grid.

17:10 Racing Point sixth and ninth - perhaps a little down on what we expected after practice, but still strong nonetheless.

17:09 Verstappen: "I'm happy to be P3, but also we have a different starting tyre so it's going to be interesting, and it's going to be quite a bit warmer - so hopefully it plays to our advantage. Mercedes seems to be on another level - unfortunately!"

17:08 Hamilton: "It's a great job by Valtteri - it's a great start to the season and I'm happy to be here. I think we show, year on year, that we continue to the best team - we're open minded, we're keeping with the times, and nobody's too stubborn to admit they're wrong."

17:06 Bottas: "It feels really good, I've missed this feeling - the qualifying shakes! It's something special when you push the car to the limit and I've been waiting for a long time. We seem to be in our own league."

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17:03 Top 10 order: 1. Bottas, 2. Hamilton, 3. Verstappen, 4. Norris, 5. Albon, 6. Perez, 7. Leclerc, 8. Sainz, 9. Stroll, 10. Ricciardo

17:02 And that's it for Q3 - first blood for Bottas in 2020!

17:01 Norris fires up to fourth - he's the meat in the Red Bull sandwich.

17:01 But Hamilton can't go quicker! Pole for Valtteri Bottas in Austria!

17:01 Bottas is in the gravel - so that's his lap over...

17:00 A good first sector from Bottas, but Hamilton has more in hand over his team-mate in the opening parts of the lap.

16:59 Ricciardo's just doing one lap too, but in sync with the rest of the field.

16:58 Stroll goes up to sixth place on his sole quali lap, it's a 1m04.029.

16:57 "It's a surprise, I thought we had a bit more in hand" says Vettel, starting from P11 tomorrow. "Not happy with the car, more oversteer on entry than I'd like."

16:56 Stroll now hits the road, with the entire Red Bull Ring to himself.

16:55 Norris seemed to go out then in again - he didn't set a competitive time so he was presumably on a set of old boots, or made an error. Or both.

16:54 Verstappen and Albon, provisionally, sweep the second row, as Sainz sits fifth so far. Perez, Leclerc and Norris complete the eight runners so far.

16:53 But Bottas is the first man into the 1m02s, clocking in a 1m02.939s to go 0.1s clear of Hamilton!!

16:53 Hamilton had every micro-sector in sector 1 purple next to his name, compared to Bottas...

16:52 Stroll and Ricciardo are the only drivers to stay in the garage, indicating that they'll look to use the greater track space available in the gap.

16:51 It's time for a spot of Q3. In 10 minutes' time, we'll have a polesitter.

16:50 We all know Verstappen can win here - why, he did it last year! But with Mercedes on top of the cooling issues that plagued its drivers last year, Red Bull is mixing it up a bit...

16:49 Horner: "I think over a single lap, it’s going to be difficult to beat [Mercedes] today, therefore having that different strategic option to start the race tomorrow is something important and could throw up a variable."

16:48 Now, who's your bet for Q3 pole? Hamilton? Bottas? A surprise third contender? We shall see in mere moments.

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16:46 So, Q3 will consist of: 2x Mercedes, 2x Red Bull, 2x Racing Point, 2x McLaren, 1x Renault, 1x Ferrari.

16:45 Verstappen looks set to start tomorrow on medium tyres - going completely against the grain - having slowed on his final lap on softs.

16:44 In Q2, our top 10 order was: 1. Bottas, 2. Hamilton, 3. Albon, 4. Norris, 5. Perez, 6. Stroll, 7. Sainz, 8. Verstappen, 9. Ricciardo, 10. Leclerc.

16:43 "It's P10," Leclerc is told. "That's crazy...", the Monegasque ace counters, as Ferrari's problems sink in.

16:42 Eliminated from Q2: 11. Vettel, 12. Gasly, 13. Kvyat, 14. Ocon, 15. Grosjean

16:41 And Albon's dumped Vettel out of Q2 - shock!