Ferrari's Charles Leclerc takes pole position
Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton will start fifth after three-place grid penalty
Hamilton punished after impeding Kimi Raikkonen
Max Verstappen promoted to P2, Valtteri Bottas into P3 and Lando Norris to P4
Sebastian Vettel P9 after mechanical problem in final qualifying
Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer at the Red Bull Ring
Charles Leclerc said on Thursday that this is one of his favourite circuits, and he's driving like it right now. Quickest by 0.364secs after the first runs, with less than 0.1secs then covering Bottas-Vettel-Verstappen-Hamilton.
Lando Norris is the only one of the top seven to have not set his best time on the softs. It's the mediums for Norris, who continues to impress. He got ninth-place finish last time out, even though he was having engine problems for the last few laps in France.
Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live
Hamilton has made a couple of mistakes and this sort of follows from what Mercedes did yesterday - quick when they get it together but just ragged and often, particularly on brakes, Hamilton is not really happy with the car.
Lewis Hamilton has also had a brief moment off track at Turn Three. He's fifth as it stands. Leclerc, Bottas, Vettel, Verstappen, Hamilton - that's our top five with 30 minutes left.
Image source, ReutersRomain Grosjean locks up his front right, making a mess of his tyre. He was impeded by a slow going Hamilton and has to go wide to avoid an impact.
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Valtteri Bottas has improved and is now back up to second, still three tenths off the lead of Charles Leclerc. I know we've said it so many times and then been disappointed, but signs are encouraging for a genuine Ferrari-Mercedes battle for pole later on.
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Your thoughts on a potential London GP? Could there be two F1 races held in Britain?
Chris Mea: There's no track like Silverstone; big sweeping curves, iconic corners and wide open spaces. We're in danger of losing all those in F1's quest to 'meet the people'.
Ben Sutherland: If you're going to do a London Grand Prix, people will expect the cars zooming around Parliament; Buckingham Palace; Piccadilly Circus. Putting in on the Croydon underpass isn't going to cut it.
Barnaby: Silverstone over a London GP any day! If people want to see narrow street tracks where every overtake ends in contact then watch Formula E!
Image source, Getty ImagesCharles Leclerc was fastest in session two when everyone was crashing around him and the young Ferrari man leads the way again thanks to a 1:04.826, that's faster than anything we had yesterday.
Sebastian Vettel is two tenths back in second, dropping Bottas to third. All three have been on the softs.
More problems for Red Bull though with Pierre Gasly reporting "low power, low power" over team radio.
Valtteri Bottas, after a prang yesterday, is the first of the big hitters to get going today and instantly jumps to the top with a 1:05.510 on the softs.
Image source, Getty ImagesJust the four times so far. Albon and Sainz, both on the softs are first and second, while Ricciardo and Kvyat are third and fourth, both on the mediums.
Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer at the Red Bull Ring
So quickly have McLaren turned things around after their dire 2018 that it has gone from a surprise to see them heading the midfield to an expectation. They did it again on Friday, with Carlos Sainz in fifth place, but the Spaniard admitted it had a bittersweet taste because he has an engine penalty and will start from the back.
“My whole run plan has been focused towards getting myself comfortable for the race,” he said. “I am going to take a penalty and even though I am preparing for the race I am quick over one lap, so that makes me a bit disappointed I will be taking a penalty.” The positive was that “every race we confirm ourselves inside the top 10 and sometimes inside the top seven or eight.”
Image source, EPAThe McLaren pair are both on the track, almost side by side. Sainz has a grid penalty so will start at the back tomorrow so are they practicing their teamwork to ensure Norris has a good qualifying session later on?
Your thoughts on a potential London GP? Could there be two F1 races held in Britain?
Matt Holmes: Silverstone has to be on the F1 calendar, it's one of the best tracks to go racing on and to watch. It has everything, challenging aerodynamics, power and durability as well as pushing the drivers. We don't need more Monaco-like street circuits...boring! Forget a London GP.
Roxy: As much as I'd love a London race as getting to Silverstone if you don't drive is a nightmare, it'd be another procession race like the other street circuits. Maybe have it as a showcase race, not counting towards the championship.
Benjamin Faulkner: People so upset about the potential loss of Silverstone because of the tradition? This is what is wrong with F1, too much spent on the past. I for one think Silverstone is a boring circuit and would love to see London. Maybe because I'm under 55.
No times from anyone just yet, so we're seeing lots of pictures of fans having barbeques, soaking up the sun in a spectacular setting. Sounds a brilliant Saturday to me.
Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer at the Red Bull Ring
Image source, Getty ImagesThe headline lap times on Friday in Austria meant even less than normal because a truncated and incident-strewn session meant that of the top three teams, only Pierre Gasly of Red Bull put together a close-to-optimum lap. Nevertheless, Charles Leclerc headed the times for Ferrari and was narrowly quicker than Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes on the soft-tyre long run, too.
Hamilton said: “Ferrari are either with us or slightly ahead of us. They have generally been very quick on the straights and it doesn’t seem to be hampering them in the corners. In the race runs they are not normally as strong but I think today they were quicker than us.” Leclerc was more cautious but there was certainly some optimism in there, too, after the team’s dispiriting weekend in France. “The car felt quite good,” the Monegasque said, “so that’s positive but I suspect a stronger Mercedes tomorrow. It will be very difficult to keep them behind but we will do everything. I still believe it is Mercedes (who are favourites) but definitely we are closer than we were in Paul Ricard.”
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Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer at the Red Bull Ring
The strong, gusting wind was a major contributory factor in the dramas of Friday, when Bottas and Verstappen both crashed, and Vettel nearly did. It's much calmer conditions today