Summary

  • Hamilton on pole in rain-interrupted qualifying, Hulkenberg 2nd, Button 3rd

  • Five place grid penalty for Rosberg and Vettel

  • Two suspected suspension failures after Rosberg crash in practice

  • Kvyat crashes heavily in Q1

  1. Postpublished at 10:21 British Summer Time 2 July 2016

    Nico Roserg also seems to be having similar problems to Lewis Hamilton with his rear tyres. He comes into pit - he's in P17.

  2. Postpublished at 10:19 British Summer Time 2 July 2016

    Claire Cottingham
    BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter

    The rear wheels are the problem for Hamilton. he's still sat in the car. Marcus Ericsson said his Sauber was undriveable, but his team don't know what the problem is yet.

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    Tom Williams: Massa to Renault, Button to Williams, Vandorne in at McLaren and Perez to Ferrari with Kimi retiring.

  4. Postpublished at 10:16 British Summer Time 2 July 2016

    Allan McNish
    BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst

    Hamilton's tyres are blistering. The compound has got too hot and it's popped little bubbles. The tyre is past its best and hasn't got any more grip.

  5. Postpublished at 10:15 British Summer Time 2 July 2016

    "Take a look at my rears something is not right," Hamilton tells Mercedes on the radio.

    He's asked to do a couple more laps...

    "I'm going to go off if I keep on going," is the curt reply.

  6. Postpublished at 10:14 British Summer Time 2 July 2016

    It seems Ferrari are trying out qualifying runs, while Mercedes are perhaps looking at race simulations.

    Lewis Hamilton's having a wobble though - there are issues with his tyres.

  7. Postpublished at 10:12 British Summer Time 2 July 2016

    Marcus Ericsson comes on the radio.

    "The car is undriveable. Something is wrong."

  8. Postpublished at 10:11 British Summer Time 2 July 2016

    Max Verstappen, on ultra softs, leaps above Kimi into P2, only to see the Finn retake the position with a 1:07.6.

    Meanwhile, Sebastian Vettel comes in to pit.

  9. Postpublished at 10:09 British Summer Time 2 July 2016

    And Ferrari don't mess around.

    Sebastian Vettel goes into P1 with a 1:07.307 - Raikkonen narrowly behind.

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    Murry Ren: Kimi must up his game asap if he is to retain the red seat. F1 needs the Iceman. #BBCF1

  11. Postpublished at 10:06 British Summer Time 2 July 2016

    In contrast, Kimi Raikkonen is given super softs as he creeps out, but team-mate Sebastian Vettel has the ultras.

  12. Postpublished at 10:05 British Summer Time 2 July 2016

    Lewis Hamilton goes for a couple of laps on the ultra soft tyres - he then pits with a time that puts him in P7.

  13. Weather updatepublished at 10:03 British Summer Time 2 July 2016

  14. Go! Go! Go!published at 10:01 British Summer Time 2 July 2016

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    Here we go then, last chance to find your limits before qualifying.

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  15. 'Put a wall there'published at 09:58 British Summer Time 2 July 2016

    Andrew Benson
    Chief F1 writer

    VerstappenImage source, Getty Images

    Max Verstappen broke his front wing when he ran wide in first practice and hit one of the new yellow kerbs. He criticised them as “dangerous" but got himself into a bit of a logical pickle by doing so. "The problem is," he said, "I understand we have to respect the track limits, but it’s better to put a wall there then, because, I mean, I destroyed two front wings and a front suspension." He seemed to have forgotten that if there had been a wall there and he’d hit it, he’d have damaged more than a front wing end-plate and a track rod. 

    Anyway, most of the other drivers shared the view of the FIA, that the kerbs were well off the track - three metres to be precise - and it was better just to avoid them. As Verstappen’s team-mate Daniel Ricciardo put it: "It's not personal to Max, but I do like that if you make a mistake you can't just continue like it's nothing. I don't think they're dangerous, I actually think they are quite good. You're going off track and at least you're paying a penalty."

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    Get Involved - Who will go where next season?published at 09:57 British Summer Time 2 July 2016

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    Mark McCallum: Raikkonen out. Sainz to replace him. Button to Williams.

  17. Max v Lewis?published at 09:57 British Summer Time 2 July 2016

    ham and VerstImage source, AFP

    Lewis Hamilton might be the defending world champion, but that hasn't stopped Max Verstappen getting all up in his grill.

    The Dutchman has accused Hamilton of hypocrisy over safety in F1.

    The 18-year-old accused Hamilton of "maybe wanting to be cool" by giving the impression he is not that interested in safety, but acting differently in private.

    Max is certainly not afraid of reputations.

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  18. Postpublished at 09:53 British Summer Time 2 July 2016

    To follow on from that, Sebastian Vettel's five-place grid penalty for a gear-box change was confirmed last night.

    And we're just hearing that both Ferrari's have used a token for an engine upgrade.

  19. Ferrari's messy daypublished at 09:52 British Summer Time 2 July 2016

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    Andrew Benson
    Chief F1 writer

    FerrariImage source, Getty Images

    Can Ferrari challenge this weekend? It didn’t look that way on Friday. Sebastian Vettel was 0.6secs off the Mercedes, who looked very, very fast on one lap, and Ferrari again had a messy day, both drivers going off track, Vettel for good right at the end of the session caught out by what he said was "a problem with the brake distribution". But the four-time champion sounded optimistic. "It was a decent day," Vettel said. "The car felt good. Not entirely clear where we are. We didn’t have much running. But it should be OK.”

  20. Changeable is the wordpublished at 09:50 British Summer Time 2 July 2016

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    Weather

    So, here's the forecast for Graz Airport today, which is about 50 miles away from Spielberg.