Summary

  • Hamilton on pole, Rosberg 2nd after both spin off

  • Vettel third, Massa 4th, Hulkenberg 5th

  • Rosberg fastest in Q1 & Q2

  • Raikkonen out in Q1, Ricciardo out in Q2

  • Alonso & Button handed 25-place grid penalties

  1. Chequered flagpublished at 14:00 British Summer Time 20 June 2015

    LEWIS HAMILTON TAKES POLE POSITION FOR THE AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX.

    Lewis HamiltonImage source, Reuters
  2. Hamilton spins out!published at 13:59 British Summer Time 20 June 2015

    Amazing scenes, we've just seen Lewis Hamilton parked up on the final lap.

    He lost it in a big way into turn one, the car spinning away violently as he looked to turn in.

    We've seen a lot of mistakes at turn one this weekend but nothing as dramatic as that.

    lewisImage source, F1
  3. Postpublished at 13:58 British Summer Time 20 June 2015

    Force India on Twitter:, external One last roll of the dice - Nico heads out for his final Q3 attempt!

  4. Postpublished at 13:57 British Summer Time 20 June 2015

    Mercedes on Twitter:, external Nailed it! Hamilton finds a massive jump to sneak P1 from Rosberg by exactly 2 tenths!

    hamiltonImage source, AFP
  5. Sit reppublished at 13:56 British Summer Time 20 June 2015

    So, settle down for these final runs, folks.

    Your top 10 as it stands: Hamilton, Rosberg, Vettel, Massa, Bottas, Hulkenberg, Nasr, Kvyat.

    Verstappen and Grosjean still to post times.

  6. Provisional pole for Hamiltonpublished at 13:55 British Summer Time 20 June 2015

    Lewis Hamilton finally, finally gets it together.

    He's done a 1:08.455 and for pretty much the first time all weekend he's ahead of Nico Rosberg, who does a 1:08.655.

    Sebastian Vettel slots into third for Ferrari, six tenths off the pace.

    Five minutes left. Time to prep for the final runs.

    hamiltonImage source, AFP
  7. Postpublished at 13:54 British Summer Time 20 June 2015

    Ben Edwards
    BBC F1 commentator

    "Hamilton is complaining of a lot of understeer in his car."

  8. Massa up to thirdpublished at 13:54 British Summer Time 20 June 2015

    Felipe Massa, pole-winner here a year ago, goes third on a 1:09.288, fractions behind Hamilton.

    Team-mate Valtteri Bottas is in close attendance in fourth.

    Felipe MassaImage source, Getty Images
  9. Rosberg still has the edgepublished at 13:52 British Summer Time 20 June 2015

    The Mercedes pair have posted their first quick laps of Q3.

    Rosberg a 1:08.8, Hamilton a 1:09.2.

    Still the advantage lies with the German.

  10. Postpublished at 13:50 British Summer Time 20 June 2015

    Andrew Benson
    Chief F1 writer

    "So by my calculations, I reckon RIC gets a five-second penalty, ALO, a drive-through and BUT a 10-second stop-and-go. I think..."

  11. A couple of quick stats for youpublished at 13:49 British Summer Time 20 June 2015

    Fernando Alonso has failed to get into Q3 for the seventh time this season, the same number as he suffered in his five-year career at Ferrari.

    That was the first time since joining Red Bull at the beginning of 2014 that Daniel Ricciardo has not made it through to Q3.

  12. Green lightpublished at 13:49 British Summer Time 20 June 2015

    Top-10 qualifying shootout is under way.

  13. Rosberg into the 1:08spublished at 13:47 British Summer Time 20 June 2015

    I neglected to mention in all the madness that Nico Rosberg pumped in a 1:08.634 in that session, really raising the bar for everyone.

    Last year's winner looks very much at home on the fast sweeps of this picturesque track.

    He ended four tenths faster than team-mate Lewis Hamilton, who really will have pulled a rabbit (hare?) out of the hat should he ultimately claim pole.

    rosbergImage source, AFP
  14. Q2 round-uppublished at 13:44 British Summer Time 20 June 2015

    IN: Rosberg, Hamilton, Vettel, Bottas, Hulkenberg, Verstappen, Nasr, Massa, Grosjean, Kvyat

    OUT: Maldonado, Ericsson, Sainz, Ricciardo, Alonso

  15. Ricciardo, Maldonado, Sainz outpublished at 13:41 British Summer Time 20 June 2015

    Romain Grosjean was the big winner in that scramble to make the top 10, the Lotus man improving when it mattered to claim ninth place.

    Team-mate Pastor Maldonado crosses the line moments later but can only take 11th, while Marcus Ericsson, Carlos Sainz, Daniel Ricciardo and Fernando Alonso also failed to improve.

    Romain GrosjeanImage source, Getty Images
  16. Chequered flagpublished at 13:40 British Summer Time 20 June 2015

  17. Now or never guyspublished at 13:40 British Summer Time 20 June 2015

    Out at present are: Sainz, Maldonado, Alonso, Ricciardo, Grosjean.

  18. Ricciardo offpublished at 13:39 British Summer Time 20 June 2015

    Costly off for Daniel Ricciardo at turn three with Q3 qualification in the balance.

    He's eighth at present. Will that cost him?

    Daniel RicciardoImage source, AFP
  19. Never in any doubtpublished at 13:38 British Summer Time 20 June 2015

    Nicely done, Vettel.

    He needed to do a clean lap and he did just that.

    A 1:09.3 will see him safely into Q3.