Listen to live audio commentarypublished at 13:00 British Summer Time 8 July 2017
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Summary
Bottas on pole, Vettel 2nd, Hamilton will start 8th after penalty
Hamilton refuses to shake Vettel's hand when asked by interviewer
Five-place grid penalty for Hamilton after gearbox change
Raikkonen 3rd, Ricciardo 4th, Verstappen spins off on flying lap
Listen to live audio commentarypublished at 13:00 British Summer Time 8 July 2017
Postpublished at 12:59 British Summer Time 8 July 2017
Plenty of orange in the stands. Lots of Max Verstappen fans out there, it seems. Will he put on a show for them in qualifying?
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Postpublished at 12:57 British Summer Time 8 July 2017
Media caption, Austrian Grand Prix Forecast
The clouds have gathered above the circuit, although there still bit of blue sky poking througj.
There is a chance of rain, with BBC weather guru Ian Fergusson suggesting earlier it is as high as 60%.
Get involved #bbcf1published at 12:51 British Summer Time 8 July 2017
Your qualifying top three
Image source, .Here's Steve VanKeuren's, external top three prediction for qualifying.
Make yours here.
Postpublished at 12:48 British Summer Time 8 July 2017
The Mercedes crew are working flat out to get Lewis Hamilton's car sorted for qualifying.
No official update from the team, but a close up shot on television suggested that new brake discs were in place and he should be good to go.
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Nigel Mansell thinks brake failure for Lewis Hamilton in final practice will fire him up even more for qualifying...
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Get involved #bbcf1published at 12:43 British Summer Time 8 July 2017
Thoughts on proposed F1 shield device
Kayleigh: Interested to see how the shield will work next weekend. Even better that I'll be there in person.
A first for Red Bull?published at 12:42 British Summer Time 8 July 2017
Could there be a first pole position for Red Bull on home soil?
Since the Austrian Grand Prix returned to the F1 calendar in 2014, Lewis Hamilton has taken pole position twice and Felipe Massa once.
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End of twitter postHamilton ready for the challengepublished at 12:39 British Summer Time 8 July 2017
Lewis Hamilton may have had his fair share of issues this weekend, but he's up for the battle ahead.
Qualifying gets under way in just over 20 minutes and you can listen to live audio commentary online.
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Fastest in 30 years?published at 12:36 British Summer Time 8 July 2017
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Nigel Mansell took pole position for the 1990 French Grand Prix. He finished the race second behind Alain Prost.
The pole position time for this weekend's Austrian Grand Prix could well be the lowest achieved at any circuit for 30 years.
There hasn't been a quicker lap since Nigel Mansell's 1:04.402 achieved at Paul Ricard in 1990.
The qualifying time record at the Red Bull Ring is 1:06.228, achieved by Lewis Hamilton in Q2 last year. Q3 times were compromised because of rain.
According to motorsport.com,, external the average gain in qualifying times in 2017 from last year is 2.106s, so that would suggest someone should get close to, if not beat, Mansell's time from qualifying for the 1990 French GP.
Predict the qualifying top threepublished at 12:26 British Summer Time 8 July 2017
Image source, .Jack Nicholls is backing Valtteri Bottas to pinch pole position today with Sebastian Vettel second and Max Verstappen third.
Agree or disagree? Make your qualifying predictions here.
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Thoughts on the shield device pictured below?
And how do you see qualifying shaping up today?
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'Shield' to be tested at British GPpublished at 12:18 British Summer Time 8 July 2017
Andrew Benson
Chief F1 writer in Austria
Image source, FIAThe first prototype of the cockpit head protection system preferred by Formula 1 is to be tested at next weekend’s British Grand Prix.
Ferrari will conduct the first test of the ‘shield’ device in the first free practice session at Silverstone on Friday.
The transparent shield is the device F1 bosses have prioritised over the controversial ‘halo’ system tested in 2016.
Strong support for Maxpublished at 12:16 British Summer Time 8 July 2017
With the Netherlands a relatively short distance from Austria (just the nine hours by car. Road trip!), there's plenty of Max Verstappen fans who have made the trip over.
Nice hair.
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Postpublished at 12:12 British Summer Time 8 July 2017
Andrew Benson
Chief F1 writer in AustriaHamilton can start at best sixth in Sunday's race after being hit with a five-place grid penalty for an unauthorised gearbox change.
Mercedes discovered a problem with Hamilton's gearbox after the previous race in Azerbaijan and informed governing body the FIA on Tuesday, but the issue became public only on Friday evening at the Red Bull Ring.
Teams have to run a gearbox for six consecutive events but Hamilton's has had to be changed before that period expired.
Even without the penalty, it looks like Mercedes have a serious battle on their hands with Ferrari this weekend, with Vettel impressively fast throughout final practice after struggling on Friday.
Mercedes said Hamilton's problem with be rectified before qualifying, which starts at 13:00 BST.
Postpublished at 12:08 British Summer Time 8 July 2017
Image source, Getty ImagesHello!
Welcome along to our coverage of qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton has had some rotten luck in recent weeks. His bid to win an incident-packed Azerbaijan Grand Prix was ended because of a loose headrest, his hopes of starting on pole position tomorrow were ended after gearbox change resulted in a five-place grid penalty and final practice was cut short due to brake failure.
To top it all off, Sebastian Vettel was fastest this morning.
Still, if there's anyone capable of turning a tricky situation around, it's Hamilton.
Hamilton's luck to turn?published at 12:00 British Summer Time 8 July 2017
Image source, Getty ImagesPower problems, a gearbox change and brake failure, it's not been a great weekend for Lewis Hamilton so far in Austria.
Will his luck change in qualifying?
Postpublished at 11:10 British Summer Time 8 July 2017
Interesting couple of hours ahead for Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes after brake failure scuppered his running at the end of final practice.
Here's Andrew Benson's report on that session and we'll be back in 50 minutes for build up to qualifying.
See you shortly.
Hamilton's seed of doubt?published at 11:07 British Summer Time 8 July 2017
Jennie Gow
BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporterHamilton has just come out of the back of the garage, head down and has gone up to his office for a debrief to work out exactly what went on.
A little seed of doubt there for him and the fact Vettel was fastest probably won't help that.
Postpublished at 11:06 British Summer Time 8 July 2017
Allan McNish
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst
Image source, Rex FeaturesHaas have had a strong session in seventh and eighth there but the big surprise is Williams down in 16th and 17th.
So it's a struggle for the teams we thought would be competitive and the ones we didn't consider have performed well.