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One thing fans will be interested to see unfold is how McLaren's Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris will get on at the Austrian Grand Prix.

Last time out in Canada, Norris misjudged the gap and collided with the back of Piastri's car. Norris DNF'ed and Piastri finished the race in fourth.

Piastri spoke at a press conference on Thursday and said Norris "put his hands up and apologised" and the pair are free to race and fight for the championship.

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McLaren's Lando Norris and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc will be back in their cars for second practice.

Both teams have brought upgrades to the Red Bull Ring, so we will see how they fare in the session.

• George Russell was the fastest in the first practice session, with Max Verstappen just 0.065 seconds behind him
• McLaren rookie Alex Dunne, a 19-year-old Irishman, made an impressive appearance in FP1, finishing in P4
• Ferrari rookie Dino Beganovic also took part in first practice, he finished 18th
• Engineers worked on a gearbox issue on Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari
• McLaren and Red Bull have brought upgrades to Austria

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Hello all.

I hope you've all had a lovely lunch break and are ready for second practice. Yes, I said that right, no sprint race session at this year's Austrian Grand Prix.

FP2 will go green in 15 minutes time.

Before that, let's have a recap of what happened in first practice earlier today.

Andrew Benson
BBC F1 correspondent

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Mercedes driver George Russell headed Red Bull's Max Verstappen in first practice at the Austrian Grand Prix.

Russell, who said on Thursday that Mercedes were talking to Verstappen about the possibility of driving for them next year, was 0.065 seconds quicker than the Dutchman.

McLaren's Oscar Piastri was third fastest, ahead of an impressive performance from Irishman Alex Dunne in the other McLaren.

Dunne, leading the Formula 2 championship this season, is a member of the McLaren young driver programme and was having his first outing at a grand prix in Lando Norris' car.

He was just 0.069secs off Piastri's pace, both running on the soft tyres, although his lap was set slightly later in the session than the Australian's, when the track would have been in better condition.

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Well done, Alex Dunne. The Irishman has put in a solid performance on his F1 debut and will now hand the keys to the McLaren back over to Lando Norris.

Fellow rookie Dino Beganovic will also be departing after finishing his session in P18. Charles Leclerc will retake the wheel over at Ferrari.

Montreal winner George Russell has started on a positive note in Spielberg, topping first practice, but can he do the same again in the second hour?

We'll pause here, grab a break and come back together for build-up at 15:45 BST.

FP2 goes green at 16:00.

11. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)

12. Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber)

13. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)

14. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)

15. Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)

16. Franco Colapinto (Alpine)

17. Yuki Tsunoda (Red Bull)

18. Dino Beganovic (Ferrari)

19. Esteban Ocon (Haas)

20. Oliver Bearman (Haas)

1. George Russell (Mercedes) - 1:05.542

2. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) +0.065

3. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) +0.155

4. Alex Dunne (McLaren) +0.224

5. Pierre Gasly (Alpine) +0.238

6. Gabriel Bortoleto (Sauber) +0.332

7. Alex Albon (Williams) +0.404

8. Carlos Sainz (Williams) +0.475

9. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) +0.557

10. Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls) +0.568

Andy Gray
BBC Sport NI

Being adaptable has been a key part of Alex Dunne's journey so far. With limited testing in the junior ranks, it's been a necessity.

Dunne blew everyone away in British F4 in 2022 and was racing at the front with Kimi Antonelli in Italian F4 - both of those in his first full year of car racing.

He was then pipped to the British GB3 title in his first year against more experienced racers, and was strong on the fearsome streets of Macau in his first time there.

Things didn't work out in Formula 3, but he's bounced back in Formula 2 at the first time of asking and now he's impressing on the biggest stage of all against the sport's biggest names.

Alex Dunne topped practice in F2 this morning, before jumping in Lando Norris' car and putting himself in the top four of practice in F1. We don't know fuel loads and all that jazz, but the 19-year-old - and McLaren - will be delighted with this hour's running.

With five minutes left of the session, the track is bustling with cars, all trying to grab the last moments on the teeny tiny - but rapid - circuit. Kimi Antonelli is on the phone to Bono, telling his Mercedes engineer the traffic is a nightmare. The teenager is down in P11 and is taking the hards out for a final blast.

Andrew Benson
BBC F1 correspondent in Austria

Alex Dunne might be giving McLaren a few headaches because they already have Piastri and Norris under contract in F1 for at least a couple of years, I'm not saying Dunne is going to get a McLaren seat but if he wins F2 this year, what are they going to do with him? There aren't that many F1 seats, with this sort of potential you want to get him into F1 as soon as possible.

Oscar Piastri is the next F1 weatherforecaster to give us an update. The McLaren driver says there's some rain around Turn Four, but his engineer replies it's only light drops, so not to worry.

Andrew Benson
BBC F1 correspondent in Austria

There was a point where McLaren were thinking of dropping Alex Dunne but [former racing driver] Warren Hughes said to them if you look into the data, you can see that he is really talented and that's really coming out this year. He's been super impressive in F2 and that lap time. It is only first practice but it's a very rare a driver gets into a grand prix practice session and laps that close to the regular race driver.

Proping up the board at the moment is Lewis Hamilton. The seven-time world champion has said the focus, or at least one eye, is on the new regulations being introduced in 2026, so the chances of the Italian suddenly winning races are quite slim. He's finally back out on track after a gearbox issues and his first lap on the softs takes him to ninth on the timesheets with a time of 1:06.099.

Over at Mercedes, his old team-mate George Russell says there are a few drops of rain lurking in the air...

Andrew Benson
BBC F1 correspondent in Austria

Red Bull have also brought upgrades this weekend, it's on the floor edge. Max Verstappen didn't say much at all at the press conference, he was worried about the FIA giving him a penalty point and getting a ban because he is only one point from a ban still.

To the Dutch media he did expand a bit more. He was basically saying these upgrades will define whether they can compete for the championship or not this year.

1. George Russell (Mercedes) - 1:05.542

2. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) +0.065

3. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) +0.155

4. Alex Dunne (McLaren) +0.224

5. Pierre Gasly (Alpine) +0.238

Hello, Alex Dunne. The teenager completes a fantastic lap in the McLaren and shoots up the order on the soft compound to fourth on the timesheets. His time is only 0.224 seconds away from George Russell's best time, so great effort by the rookie.

Andrew Benson
BBC F1 correspondent in Austria

McLaren have brought a new front wing to Canada, which was a test item, that is here in Austria. They've also got new front suspension shrouds. The front wing is being back-to-backed this session to work out if it is an improvement or not.

Norris has continued with the geometry change, Piastri has preferred to stick with the old set-up.