Summary

  • Verstappen on pole for Sunday's race

  • Perez out in Q2; Verstappen fastest in practice

  • Sprint race format returns: qualifying for Sunday's on Friday, with sprint 'shoot out' and sprint race on Saturday

  • Max Verstappen leads teammate Sergio Perez in the drivers championship by 78 points

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Live Reporting

Gary Rose

  1. A busy track already as enough drivers and teams are concerned about the growing number of ominous-looking clouds in the sky.

  2. Second qualifying starts

    The second part of qualifying is under way!

  3. Jack Aitken
    Former Williams reserve driver

    Just getting some whispers of rain around the track so the Red Bulls are not willing to take a risk.

  4. A Red Bull one-two in Q1 and the two cars are waiting at the pitlane exit to get back out on the track for Q2.

  5. IN

    1) Verstappen 1:05.116

    2) Perez

    3) Sainz

    4) Gasly

    5) Leclerc

    6) Norris

    7) Alonso

    8) Hamilton

    9) Albon

    10) Piastri

    11) Russell

    12) Stroll

    13) Ocon

    14) Hulkenberg

    15) Bottas

  6. Kevin Magnussen sounds frustrated after failing to make it through and complains about a lack of downshift.

  7. OUT

    16) Tsunoda

    17) Zhou

    18) Sargeant

    19) Magnussen

    20) De Vries

  8. First qualifying ends

    Max Verstappen finishes quickest in the first part of qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix.

  9. Alex Albon and and Esteban Ocon both find a decent amount of time to get out of trouble.

  10. One minute to go and these are the drivers who need to improve:

    16) Magnussen

    17) Albon

    18) Ocon

    19) Sargeant

    20) De Vries

  11. The McLarens are going very well so far in this session as Lando Norris goes third quickest, behind the two Red Bulls with Max Verstappen leading from Sergio Perez.

    Oscar Piastri is currently eighth.

  12. Lance Stroll improves up to 11th and so Nico Hulkenberg drops into the elimination zone.

    Three minutes to go.

  13. Valtteri Bottas is back out on the track after that earlier spin and he goes ninth quickest.

    Into the final six minutes and in trouble are Alex Albon, Lance Stroll, Esteban Ocon, Logan Sargeant and Nyck De Vries.

  14. Pierre Gasly had his time deleted, and has now had it reinstated. He remains in the drop zone, however, with the 19th quickest time.

  15. It is rapidly evolving at the top as Max Verstappen goes quickest with 1:05.116. Carlos Sainz is two tenths down in second with Charles Leclerc third quickest.

  16. Lewis Hamilton wastes no time in making up for his last time being deleted as he goes fifth quickest with 1:05:6.

  17. Jack Aitken
    Former Williams reserve driver

    They are still deleting lap times here, they are clearly on a mission. Gasly has had one deleted, and so has Hamilton.

    This will affect the teams because you want that immediate feedback as a driver, you want to be told straight away that it was track limits.

  18. Go! Go! Go!

    The clock resumes its countdown and qualifying is back under way.

  19. Max Verstappen has had his fastest time deleted for exceeding track limits so he's dropped right down to 17th.

    Oscar Piastri is elevated into P1 thanks to his time of 1:05.893, with Sergio Perez second, Kevin Magnussen third, Lance Stroll fourth and Charles Leclerc fifth.

  20. Qualifying will resume at 16:12 BST with the countdown clock currently stopped at 11:49.