F1 Austrian GP live commentary and updates - FP3
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Lawson launches his car into the top eight, surpassing Gasly by 0.2s. Norris, meanwhile, finds 0.005s.
Leclerc's on another now, but bails on that lap.
Piastri moves ahead of Norris by 0.01s to shuffle into third. The top seven is now all within 0.257, but this might expand as Antonelli's on another lap.
Indeed, it's a 1m07.134s, a gain of 0.4s.
Hadjar's still circulating on hard tyres, so we're yet to see how he factors into the top eight order.
"Really bad straight-line braking on the front axle," Russell reports. Meanwhile, Verstappen found about 0.06s over his previous lap, and has set a 1m07.746s.
Norris is on a second lap, and goes third fastest - 0.148s shy of Antonelli. Gasly improves but stays eighth.
Leclerc goes second now, 0.155s - has the Monegasque entersed the picture here? First to seventh all within 0.35s, which is close - for the time being.
Russell improves to second, 0.173s short of Antonelli's effort. Hamilton set a best first sector, but it looked like traffic had a role to play through Turn 4 - indeed, he's lost time in sector two.
He's up to third, 0.257s down on Antonelli.
Antonelli posts a 1m07.533s to go quickest, 0.3s up on Norris. Verstappen also posts a lap and goes second, 0.271s down on Antonelli.
The Dutchman reports interference in his headset.
Bottas had his lap deleted for track limits. Norris, meanwhile, reports his left mirror is "completely broken".
Some times coming in: Gasly gets up to fourth, 0.541s off Norris, while Hulkenberg is now up to sixth, Leclerc splitting he and Bortoleto within the top eight.
Piastri is next up, purple first sector, but a smidge down in sector two - it's a 1m07.881, and 0.049s off Norris.
Hamilton does the best final sector and goes 0.345s off Norris' effort. Russell follows that up, half a second off Norris' effort.
Hadjar picks up the pace, 0.718s away from Norris on the hards after two cool laps.
Alonso is out on mediums, and that Aston Martin looks like it just doesn't want to be driven at any point. He's over a second shy of Perez.
Norris is up next on softs, and it's a 1m07.832s - which looks a lot more like it.
"The balance feels pretty nice," Hadjar says.
Perez logs a 1m10.537s, and lost about a second in that final sector.
Colapinto on the softs is setting a few purple sectors, although Hulkenberg has emerged on track and is also going quickly.
It's a 1m09.829s for Colapinto, while Hulkenberg follows that with a 1m09.684s.
Hadjar begins a lap, and it's a 1m09.230s on the hards. Track looks a bit slow at the moment.
Looking at Perez's laps, he's not really doing anything beyond installation laps at this point...he was about to go for a flyer, but went wide at Turn 1.
This time, he's gone for another lap and posts a 1m10.944s.
Colapinto now emerges on the track in the repinkified Alpine.
A slow start to the morning's running - just Perez circulating at the moment to make up for lost time.
Everyone else is seeking the solace of cool vests at the moment.
Perez starts us off with a 1m11.437s on a set of used mediums - he was the only driver to carry over a used set from yesterday.
And we're away! Sergio Perez gets on the road, having missed a lot of yesterday's running with electrical issues.
The improved Cadillac actually showed a few glimpses of decent pace yesterday...when it was running, that is. Note how they've ditched the asymmetrical livery.
It's 30C at the Red Bull Ring today, with a 48C track temp - so it's pretty warm there. Won't be a nice run for the tyres, especially the C5s over the quali sims.
Just a few minutes to go until FP3 gets under way - and as ever, it's a good opportunity to see who's made the best overnight changes.
Can McLaren and Ferrari make a closer step to Mercedes, and will Red Bull iron out its power delivery issues at Turn 3?
Expect plenty of qualifying prep as well; most drivers have six sets of the soft tyre left in their allocation.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
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Hello everyone, and welcome back to our live feed of this weekend's Austrian Grand Prix. Next up: FP3 - the final chance to tie up any set-up loose ends before qualifying kicks off this afternoon.
Are you sitting comfortably? Then we'll begin.
Alexander Albon, Williams
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