Nico Rosberg is not here to put boots on caterpillars. He's straight into a flying lap on the super softs.

It's slightly slower than his best on the ultras in P1, but a decent 1:07.967.

"Small spits of rain on the visor," Lewis Hamilton tells his team on the radio.

Small spits of rain on track. Big, black clouds on the horizon.

The wet stuff is coming.

Plenty of cars emptying out on to the track. Max Verstappen is not among them, yet.

Red Bull boss Christian Horner has some sage advice for Max Verstappen after his dalliance with the yellow kerbs.

"The whole front suspension has had to be rebuilt, but the guys are doing a great job. The answer is stay off the kerbs. We don't have many front wings left so he needs to be more prudent in those front corners, which he will be."

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The weather forecast is a bit murky for this afternoon - there could even be a thunderstorm or two.

Watch Ian Fergusson's weather report for the weekend.

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Claire Cottingham is enjoying her debut as BBC Radio 5 live's pit-lane reporter. Join her, Tom Clarkson and Allan McNish for second practice - coverage is available on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra and by clicking the Live Coverage tab.

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A further update from Andrew Benson - Max Verstappen is likely to be out late for second practice while Red Bull continue to work on his car.

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There has been a fair bit of discussion about the new yellow kerbs that have been employed at the Red Bull Ring to stop drivers exploiting track limits, and Max Verstappen called them dangerous after breaking his front suspension on one in the first session.

They may well be brought up in the drivers’ briefing later this afternoon, but for now the FIA’s view is that the kerbs are three metres outside the track boundary and it is the drivers’ job to stay off them. It is expected at this stage that F1 director Charlie Whiting will resist any attempt to have them removed.

We're asking for your dream F1 line-ups - past or present.

I've given mine much consideration, and decided this would be my dream pairing.

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For returning readers, you will know I have a bit of a man-crush on Kimi Raikkonen.

For new readers, I have a bit of a man-crush on Kimi Raikkonen.

Anyway - what's your dream F1 line-up? Use #bbcf1 to tell us.

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I'd like to know how Austrian people feel about all this lederhosen stuff.

A glorious reflection of their heritage? Or an annoying portrayal of a national stereotype?

Anyway, here are some other take-home lines from FP1:

Seb Vettel has a five-place grid penalty for a gear box change.

Vettel was supposed to exhibit the new halo safety device, but a delay to his practice meant we never saw it.

Haryanto, Wehrlein and Ericsson have all been investigated for infringements in FP1.

(We've also learned that Styrian Mountains will become Syrian Mountains if you do a typo - well done to those who spotted it)

In the interests of BBC transparency, I feel I must point out I'm wearing lederhosen while doing this live text commentary.

But I do every live text commentary in lederhosen, regardless of whether we're in Austria.

I reckon Christian Horner would wear lederhosen... If Geri asked him nicely enough.

"Hey, Max, would you mind wearing these new overalls? No need to look at them, they're identical to your other overalls."

"Are you sure? I heard a rumour you were going to make us wear overalls with ridiculous lederhosen on them?"

"What?! Us?! Just because we're Red Bull at our home grand prix in Austria where everybody wears lederhosen all the time, does not mean we'd try and covertly get you to wear lederhosen."

"Are you sure?"

"Lederhosen."

"What?"

"Yes. We're sure."

"You said lederhosen for no reason then. I'm suspicious."

"We didn't. We said 'do you like Frozen?"

"No, you said lederhosen."

"We didn't. Just LET IT GO Max. And put on these overalls and smile for the camera."

"Fine."

("Lederhosen.")

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Welcome back to the foothills of the Styrian mountains, where the Austrian GP continues with second practice (13:00 BST).

Nico Rosberg was top of the pile in first practice - and there were plenty of cars that found themselves dipping their toes into the gravel.

Lewis Hamilton will no doubt be looking to overturn his team-mate's position in P1. Can he do it?

That's first practice in the book.

Join us at 12:30 BST as we get geared up for second practice and chat some more about your dream F1 line-ups.

Rosberg's P1 time there was 1:07.373 - four seconds down on last year's quickest lap.

In other news, Sebastian Vettel will take a five-place grid penalty after a change of gear box.

BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter Claire Cottingham: "The drivers are doing practice starts on the grid because the pits are very narrow here."

Very little action on the time sheets in the second half of that practice session.

Quite a few drivers are lining up on the grid performing practice starts before they head home.

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