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No panic from Hamilton as he jumps up to second to squash any fears of a qualifying disaster. He's one tenth behind Verstappen.
Image source, ReutersSummary
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
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Verstappen, Sainz, Perez, Bottas, Vettel, Norris is an unusual top six at the moment.
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After the first laps we have Leclerc in 10th and Hamilton in 14th. They will need to go again.
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After his first lap, Lewis Hamilton is down in 14th, but still seven minutes left for him to sort that out.
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Sergio Perez goes quicker than his team-mate Lance Stroll and the Mexican's first lap is quicker than the first effort from Sebastian Vettel.
By the way, everyone is out on the softs.
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Max Verstappen is the first of the top cars to finish a lap and that's a 1:04.326 for an early lead. Team-mate Alexander Albon has work to do as he is three and a half tenths behind the Dutchman.
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Lance Stroll very rarely gets out of Q1, but the Racing Point is a much improved beast this year. He sends in a 1:04.678 and that may be a good chance for him to go straight into Q2.
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As an indicator, the fastest time we've had in the three sessions so far was a lap of 1:04.130 from Lewis Hamilton, which happened earlier today.
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Good work from Williams, who have fixed Nicholas Latifi's car after he smashed it into the tyre wall earlier today. He is one of the first on track.
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And, for the first time this season, we have a qualifying session. Let's go.
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It's the same qualifying format as last year - three phases.
The first part lasts 18 minutes with every car going out there and the bottom five eliminated. The rest move on to phase two...
get involved Get Involved #bbcf1published at 13:58 British Summer Time 4 July 2020
Where else should host an F1 race in 2020 and why?
Simon Baker: Without doubt, F1 should at the very least return to Imola which hasn't had a race since 2006. It's unfair that the first thing many think of is THAT terrible weekend in 1994.
Paul Brooks: A few people saying Brands Hatch rather than a double header at Silverstone. I understand the racing desire but double headers much easier to ensure Covid-19 precautions than moving everything around. Doubles mean we have racing and we should be grateful.
David M: A return to Malaysia. Their virus status is improving, its in the right part of the world at the right time of year and its a great circuit.
Weather watchpublished at 13:56 British Summer Time 4 July 2020
Here's BBC's Ian Fergusson...
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It was a youthful front row in Austria last year, with Charles Leclerc on pole and Max Verstappen alongside him, although the order was reversed at the end of the race.
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End of twitter postWho gets on pole at the Red Bull Ring?published at 13:49 British Summer Time 4 July 2020
This is the seventh year in a row the Austrian Grand Prix has been held since it returned to the calendar in 2014.
These are the drivers that got themselves on to pole position.
- 2014 - Felipe Massa (Williams)
- 2015 - Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
- 2016 - Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
- 2017 - Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes)
- 2018 - Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes)
- 2019 - Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
get involved Get Involved #bbcf1published at 13:45 British Summer Time 4 July 2020
Where else should host an F1 race in 2020 and why?
Atholl: Obviously it will never happen, but a Grand Prix at the old Nurburgring would be awesome. That would really sort the men from the boys.
Receptor 17: My friend and I had a good chat about alt tracks last year. The Bugatti Circuit at Le Mans sounded great, so did returning to Jerez and Turkey. A surprising good look was Thailand's Chang International Circuit. Ideal straights for some marvellous slipstream action.
David Blagden: Street race around Gibraltar. Through the tunnels, historic fortifications, big straight down the edge of the runway, right around - and up/down bits of - the Rock. The best aspects of Monaco, but with overtaking opportunities and without the gauche bling.
DAS explainedpublished at 13:40 British Summer Time 4 July 2020
We mentioned earlier about Red Bull being unsuccessful in their attempts to get Mercedes' dual-axis steering (DAS) banned. But what is it?
Typically the front wheels on an F1 car are mounted at an outward-facing angle to help with cornering (yellow dotted line) - this system adjusts them to be more centred (red line) travelling down the straights when the driver pulls back the steering wheel.
Could this help a Mercedes man get on to pole?
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This is a graphic of the Red Bull Ring track. Watch out for Turn One, that has been where a number of drivers have spun over the last two days.
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Are we going to see one of these Racing Points disrupt the regular order at the top of qualifying?
Not long to wait now as qualifying will start in 30 minutes' time.
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