“It wasn’t easy to put everything together. I had to be a little more confident,” explains Sebastian Vettel.

Sebastian Vettel moved up to 3rd at the last minute, ahead of Kimi Räikkönen.

Max Verstappen passes Romain Grosjean by five hundredths in 5th place.

Record for Bottas in the first sector.

The cars will begin their final attempt for pole.

Note that Romain Grosjean (4th) was nine tenths behind his teammate Kevin Magnussen (8th).

Despite a second attempt, Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo remain behind Romain Grosjean.

There are five minutes left in this Q3. The two Renaults bring up the rear, Carlos Sainz Jr 9th, Nico Hülkenberg 10th.

Romain Grosjean interferes in the fight between the three big teams! The Frenchman is 4th, 628 thousandths behind Valtteri Bottas.  

Kimi Räikkönen was right to attempt a second qualifying round; “Iceman” goes 2nd, 465 thousandths behind Valtteri Bottas!

Max Verstappen is ahead of Daniel Ricciardo by seven and nine tenths. They are ahead of Sebastian Vettel (6th, nine tenths).

Lewis Hamilton is relegated to half a second. Kimi Räikkönen is 3rd, seven tenths behind.

Great performance from Valtteri Bottas! The Finn passed in 1’03″264!

Despite the best first sector, Lewis Hamilton misses the right trajectory at turn 3.

All the drivers are running on ultra-soft tires.

The Red Bulls take the pit lane first for the start of Q3.

Valtteri Bottas took pole position a year ago in Austria, what will happen in a dozen minutes?

Daniel Ricciardo and the two Renaults narrowly qualified in Q3. The Red Bull driver will start on Sunday with super soft tires, harder than the ultra soft.