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F1 Styrian GP Live Commentary and Updates - FP3 and qualifying
Live updates from Saturday's final practice session and qualifying at the Red Bull Ring
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Verstappen goes again and improves fractionally with a 1m04.570s, which would have kept him P2 anyway, but he loses that time for track limits running wide at the exit of the final corner.
Checkered flag
That's it for FP3 - just time for the final laps and practice starts. Hamilton ends the session fastest from Verstappen and Bottas.
Quick reminder that qualifying for the Styrian GP gets underway at 14:00 BST - so in just under two hours - and it won't be one you'll want to miss going on FP3.
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It is time for a short breather before qualifying, so we'll be back to bring all the build-up before this afternoon's F1 action!
Good afternoon - we're back and ready to roll for qualifying! Within the next hour and a bit, the grid will be all sorted for the Styrian GP - and we'll keep you updated as it unfolds.
Sun
With 10 minutes until cars hit the track, there's a 30% risk of rain - so it's not particularly likely at this moment in time.
How many deleted laptimes do you reckon we'll get in this session? Winner gets...a sense of pride and accomplishment, I guess.
Green flag
It's go time - tick-tock, it's quali o'clock.
Lights green
No takers as the green light goes out...hello? Anyone?
Ah, here we go - Schumacher, Latifi and Mazepin all take to the circuit to get some early laps in.
Now that's more like it, a big party of cars have now joined the fray.
Stopwatch
Latifi kicks us off with a 1m05.963s, ahead of the Haas pair. Mazepin has his first timed lap deleted.
Stopwatch
Russell now posts a 1m05.752s - and immediately gets sandwiched on the timesheets by the Alfa Romeos - Giovinazzi now going fastest.
Stroll now does a 1m05.218, going top briefly, before the two AlphaTauris go first and second.
Stopwatch
There's Norris with a 1m04.584s - who goes top but gets pipped to the post by Verstappen with a 1m04.489s!
Leclerc and Sainz went third and seventh, the Spanish driver slotting in between the Aston Martins.
And there's the two Mercedes: Bottas goes P2, with Hamilton going fourth - Norris sits between them as it stands.
Just the Alpines yet to set a lap now - with Ocon and Alonso now getting on track.
Ocon gets up to P12 on his first flyer, but then Latifi fires up to P8!
Alonso now collects eighth from Latifi - the drop zone is currently Giovinazzi, Russell, Raikkonen, Schumacher and Mazepin.
Gasly went P5, but his lap has been struck off for track limits. Perez, meanwhile, can only find P11.
Raikkonen clearly fancied an impromptu beach holiday, dipping a wheel into the Turn 4 gravel.
The drivers now fancy a final chance at Q1 laps, either looking to get out of the drop zone or avoid it.
Lots of traffic forming between Turns 8 and 9 - it's like the M25 out there at the moment.
Russell fires up to P7 in the Williams, but moves down to eighth as Sainz now improves.
Tsunoda gets up to P4, as Giovinazzi gets out of the drop zone too. Raikkonen, however, can't go faster!
Checkered flag
Vettel just gets out of the drop zone, but Ocon and Latifi fall into it!
Ricciardo also just squeaks into Q2 - 0.03s quicker than Latifi! The top 18 all within a second here.
Eliminated in Q1: Latifi, Ocon, Raikkonen, Schumacher, Mazepin.
Perez had moved up to fifth on his final lap too, after earlier struggles. But it's such a tight field that anything can happen in this next season. Anything.
Green flag
We're off for Part 2.
Bottas and Giovinazzi kick off Q2 - an unlikely duo, it must be said.
Bottas, on the mediums, posts a 1m04.724s to get us back underway. Russell, Hamilton, Perez and Verstappen are also on the road.
Perez is on softs, interestingly enough. Verstappen begins on the medium, however, so maybe a divergence in strategy.
Stopwatch
Bottas is told his time is not safe, and will have to have another crack. Verstappen now does a 1m04.540s to go top.
Hamilton only did a 1m05.386s on his first lap, slower than Russell. Cue the rumour mill.
Ah, Hamilton went too deep into Turn 3 and sustained a little lock-up.
Perez went P2 with a 1m04.583s on the softs - nestling ahead of Bottas.
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