Summary

  • Bottas beats Hamilton to pole in Austria

  • Ferrari have frustrating day - Leclerc 7th and Vettel 11th

  • First of two Austrian races to start delayed season

  • Get involved: #bbcf1

Live Reporting

Michael Emons

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    Gavin Button: Ferraris are over 1 second slower than Mercedes, big gap on any track but on a 63 second circuit that is enormous.

    Sho: New season but same old story, the Mercedes just destroying everyone.

  2. If a Racing Point can find two tenths they could find themselves as high as fourth on the starting grid.

  3. 'Some fall away'

    Jennie Gow
    BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter

    Just looking at some of the stats, Vettel was 19th fastest looking at the speed on the straights. That's some fall away for Ferrari from this time last year.

  4. Max Verstappen is six tenths off Bottas, so pole is going to be going to one of the Mercedes, but which one?

  5. Bottas got pole here in 2017 and 2018, if he holds on it will be number 12 of his career.

  6. Six minutes for Hamilton to change this and get pole position number 89 of his career.

  7. After the first laps, Valtteri Bottas is on provisional pole with a 1:02.939, that is 0.122 faster than Hamilton. They are the top two. Then Verstappen, Albon, Sainz, Perez, Leclerc so far.

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    Daniel Summersgill: The Ferrari looks absolutely shocking. Slow on the straights and in the corners.

    Mike Kelly: Absolutely brilliant seeing the McLaren being competitive (with the field not Mercedes) two great drivers in the ranks as well.

    Richard Bartley: So Hamilton or Bottas for the championship then? Ferrari going to get lapped tomorrow.

  9. Q3 is already under way, we have nine minutes left. Will it be an all-Mercedes front row? If so, Hamilton or Bottas for the pole? We will soon find out.

  10. Verstappen got through with his time on the mediums, so that will be what he starts on tomorrow with everyone else in the top 10 on the softs. That could be a move of tactical genius from Red Bull. Great effort from the Dutchman.

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    Vettel out in Q2 #bbcf1

    Stewart:That Ferrari just does not look like a decent car at all. Hungary can't come quick enough for them!

    Andy Lowe: Can Carlos Sainz reconsider his move to Ferrari?

    G: It's going to be a loooong year for Ferrari and especially Seb!

  12. Racing Point have swapped places with Ferrari. These are strange times indeed.

  13. Vettel not quick enough

    Jolyon Palmer
    Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live

    Wow! Vettel is out. He did two laps that were consistently quick and looked to have hooked the sectors up but they weren't quick compared to the McLarens, the Racing Points...just anyone in the top ten!

  14. Top 10 into Q3

    1. Bottas (Mercedes, 1:03.015)
    2. Hamilton (Mercedes, +0.081)
    3. Albon (Red Bull, +0.731)
    4. Norris (McLaren, +0.804)
    5. Perez (Racing Point, +0.845)
    6. Stroll (Racing Point, +0.940)
    7. Sainz (McLaren, +0.956)
    8. Verstappen (Red Bull, +0.985)
    9. Ricciardo (Renault, +1.008)
    10. Leclerc (Ferrari, +1.026)

  15. 'Absolutely nowhere'

    Jack Nicholls
    BBC Radio 5 Live F1 commentator

    This isn't 'Ferrari can't quite catch Mercedes' this is 'Ferrari are absolutely nowhere!'

  16. Eliminated in Q2

    • 11th Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari)
    • 12th Pierre Gasly (Alpha Tauri)
    • 13th Daniil Kvyat (Alpha Tauri)
    • 14th Esteban Ocon (Renault)
    • 15th Romain Grosjean (Haas)

  17. Charles Leclerc just scrapes through in 10th. This is a disaster for Ferrari.

  18. Vettel is out in Q2!

  19. Driver at risk is Sebastian Vettel.

  20. Top 10 with two minutes left of Q2

    Hamilton, Bottas, Norris, Stroll, Perez, Verstappen, Ricciardo, Leclerc, Sainz, Vettel.