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2021 Formula 1 Austrian GP
Jul 1, 2021 to Jul 4, 2021
| Red Bull Ring, AT
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Formula 1 Austrian GP
F1 Austrian GP Live Commentary and Updates - FP3 & Qualifying
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06:44:33 am
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Hamilton makes a slight improvement to a 1m05.277s in second, but is still 0.336s off Verstappen.
06:41:32 am
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Further down the order, Latifi sits 11th currently ahead of Giovinazzi, Russell, Perez, Schumacher, Ricciardo, Ocon, Stroll, Alonso, Mazepin.
06:40:31 am
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Hamilton is told most of his time loss to Verstappen was straightline up to Turn 3. Hamilton responds by saying his Turn 1 wasn't great. Definitely time left on the table by the Mercedes driver.
06:39:43 am
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So, Verstappen leads Hamilton, Leclerc, Bottas, Norris, Tsunoda, Sainz, Raikkonen, Vettel and Gasly with 20 minutes of FP3 to go.
06:39:13 am
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Leclerc gets things hooked up on his third lap on this tyre and goes third, 0.543s down and was fastest through sector three.
06:38:46 am
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Hamilton goes second, but he's 0.491s down on Verstappen. Looks like the Red Bull is a far more comfortable ride around this Red Bull Ring this morning.
06:37:39 am
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Meanwhile, Hamilton is on a flying lap by is 0.280s down in sector one and makes a small mistake at Turn 3.
06:37:23 am
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Sainz says to his team that the "tyres game up on me" in the last sector.
06:36:51 am
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Leclerc aborted that lap too after running off at the exit of Turn 4.
06:36:29 am
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Sainz makes a mistake at the last corner and loses the lap, while Verstappen's latest lap wasn't an improvement.
06:35:28 am
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Leclerc has gone onto another flying lap but he's almost four tenths off Verstappen in sector one.
06:34:54 am
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Looks like Gasly has had another lap cancelled for exceeding track limits. He was fifth but has been dumped down to eighth.
06:33:33 am
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Verstappen leads the field by 0.686s from Leclerc, Norris, Tsunoda, Sainz, Raikkonen, Vettel, Gasly, Latifi and Russell. Just over 26 minutes left to run.
06:32:44 am
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Tsunoda was the cause of the yellow flag in sector three. He had a massive slide exiting Turn 9 which ended all the way on the outside of Turn 10 via a trip through the grass.
06:31:56 am
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Verstappen blitzes the field with a 1m04.941s on his first lap. Just a couple of tenths away from his Friday best.
06:31:29 am
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There was a yellow flag in sector three but has been cleared as Verstappen heads into that split.
06:31:00 am
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Leclerc goes top in the Ferrari with a 1m05.627s.
06:30:32 am
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Verstappen heads onto his first flying lap.
06:29:57 am
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And predictably, Gasly has lost that last lap for track limits at Turn 10.
06:29:16 am
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Gasly gets it wrong at the final corner and ends up third, 0.048s off Norris in third.
06:28:50 am
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Verstappen is sent out on a fresh set of soft tyres.
06:28:30 am
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Gasly is on a lap on the soft tyres and is fastest through sector one.
06:27:32 am
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Perez has gone out on the hard tyre. Verstappen still in pitlane.
06:26:51 am
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Norris improves at the top of the standings with a 1m05.700s.
06:26:06 am
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Ricciardo goes sixth on his first soft tyre lap.
06:25:46 am
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Raikkonen leaps up the order to second, 0.068s adrift of Norris. Looks like the Alfa Romeo driver has also switched to soft tyres.
06:25:09 am
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With 25 minutes gone, Norris leads Tsunoda, Gasly, Leclerc, Russell, Ocon, Stroll, Hamilton, Giovinazzi, Sainz.
06:24:26 am
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Only Latifi in the Williams and Verstappen in the Red Bull are yet to set a lap time.
06:24:07 am
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Norris goes fastest with a 1m05.762s. No dramas on this lap for the McLaren driver.
06:23:20 am
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Russell jumps up to fifth on a soft tyre time attack. He's 0.252s off Tsunoda's benchmark, which was set on the development tyre.
06:22:41 am
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Norris lost the rear of his McLaren a tad as he picked up the power exiting Turn 1 and was sent wide, grinding the yellow kerb Tony Hawk style.
06:21:38 am
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Norris has ditched the development tyre and is out on a new set of softs. However, he runs wide at the first turn at the start of this flying lap and aborts it.
06:21:06 am
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Replay shows Bottas dipped his rear into the gravel but managed to keep it pointing in the right direction.
06:20:18 am
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Bottas has a bit of a moment exiting Turn 5 on this lap on his way to a 1m06.900s to go 12th.
06:19:13 am
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Valtteri Bottas is now out on track and goes onto a flying lap, also on the development tyre.
06:18:15 am
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The world champion's first time is a 1m06.414s to go sixth.
06:17:44 am
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Hamilton is currently on a flying lap on the development tyres.
06:16:05 am
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And in typical fashion, Hamilton heads out just as we hit send on that last message.
06:15:28 am
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Still no laps for the Mercedes and Red Bull pair.
06:13:10 am
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Mazepin has quite a big lock-up into Turn 3 at the top of the hill and flatspots his development tyres.
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By: Jake Boxall-Legge
Published: Jul 3, 2021, 10:44 AM
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