F1 Austrian Grand Prix LIVE: Sprint qualifying updates and times

George Russell qualified fourth for Mercedes, two places and two tenths clear of team-mate Lewis Hamilton.

“Reasonably good to be honest, never got quite comfortable, I’m happy with that. It must have been a nice lap from Max, good position for the race tomorrow.”

“I wasn’t in the mix at all, the whole session was pretty disastrous. Practice was good, car felt good, not in a position for pole but yeah, some very bad laps.”

“I don’t think overtaking is mega here, we’ll give it our best. It’s usually not such an eventful race, the focus is on a better qualifying tomorrow.”

A disappointing afternoon for Hamilton, who starts P6 in the sprint tomorrow.

“It was great to be first here, in front of home fans and home grand prix! A good day, nice to drive the car, it was well balanced, everything has been working really. Good start to the weekend, a lot of things to do.

“I’m not too stressed about tomorrow, will just enjoy my evening!”

10. Charles Leclerc (no time)

“Yeah not bad, that lap was a bit quick. All good!”

Huge cheers from the Dutch fans in the grandstands – Verstappen does is by 0.093 secs to Lando Norris in second!

Oscar Piastri in third for McLaren, with George Russell in fourth and Carlos Sainz in fifth.

And Charles Leclerc didn’t get over the line in time – he starts down in P10! What a screw up from Ferrari!

6-10: Hamilton, Perez, Ocon, Gasly, Leclerc

“Let’s get cracking, everyone’s gonna go now!”

Only three minutes left and both the Mercedes cars out on track!

Big old queue in the pit-lane…

Here we go then – eight minutes, probably time for two quickfire laps at the end of the session!

10 drivers involved: Verstappen, Perez, Sainz, Leclerc, Russell, Hamilton, Norris, Piastri, Gasly, Ocon

Interestingly, a lot of work going on at the back of Max Verstappen’s car prior to the start of SQ3!