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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 trimmed a little off his best time - but Gasly now goes P1 with a 1m04.429s! Norris now goes P3 too.
Tsunoda gets up to sixth, going above Stroll into the top 10. Alonso also shuffles Bottas further towards danger.
Ricciardo currently floundering a little in P14, 0.4s off Sainz's 'on the bubble' P10 time.
Bottas has another crack and goes third fastest, which should be enough to keep him safe.
Hamilton comes out to have another go at locking in a time good enough for Q3.
Everyone from fourth downwards has joined the circuit, so this definitely isn't over. Softs for all except Hamilton.
Verstappen and Bottas also bolt on softs and go out, covering all options it seems.
Hamilton went fifth on his lap, 0.083s off Gasly's best - but the margins are tighter than a Matt Hancock embrace.
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Russell gets up to 10th, but immediately gets bundled out by Alonso going sixth!
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Norris goes fastest!
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Perez now goes fastest - as Sainz falls out in Q2!
Ricciardo and Vettel can't get out of the drop zone either, and occupy 13th and 14th!
Leclerc and Stroll just hang onto ninth and 10th - so they make it through.
Eliminated in Q2: Russell, Sainz, Ricciardo, Vettel, Giovinazzi.
Just 0.008s between Stroll and Russell on those laps - one has a Q3 spot, the other has free tyre choice for tomorrow.
Into Q3: Perez, Norris, Gasly, Verstappen, Bottas, Hamilton, Alonso, Tsunoda, Leclerc, Stroll.
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Here we are - Q3 hath begun.
Hamilton has the circuit to himself at the moment, or at least, until Tsunoda decides he wants in.
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Hamilton's opening gambit is a 1m04.205s, his fastest lap of the session thus far.
So, that's a solid benchmark up on the wall - what do the others have?
Tsunoda's up to P2, a 1m04.980s. Not his fastest lap.
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Gasly posts a 1m04.453s - but Verstappen now posts a 1m03.841s to go top!!
Big statement from Verstappen, 0.4s faster than Hamilton's opener.
Norris went P3, so far quicker than Bottas and Perez.
Hamilton gets closer with a 1m04.067s, halving his deficit to Verstappen.
Stroll, yet to set a time, now goes up to eighth place - beating Tsunoda and Alonso there.
Round 2 of Q3 coming up. All except Stroll now hit the circuit.
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Bottas didn't particularly like encountering Tsunoda into Turn 4 - "F***ing Tsunoda - f***ing idiot".
Speaking of Tsunoda, he moves up to P8 once more - as Leclerc cements P7 for the time being.
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Hamilton had a very iffy lap and went wide at Turn 9! Bottas then leaps ahead of Hamilton, with Gasly grabbing fourth until Norris usurps him!
But that's Verstappen's pole - his lap in the 1m03s remains untouched! Bottas will shuffle to fifth in tomorrow's race - giving us a Norris-Perez row two!
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Here's the report from qualifying - we'll see you tomorrow for the race! Take care.
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