Austrian Grand Prix 2016
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Thank you for following us and see you tomorrow at 14 p.m. for the live commentary of the Austrian Grand Prix. Motorsport news continues on AUTOhebdo.fr with the WRC in Poland, and Formula e in London.
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Thank you for following us and see you tomorrow at 14 p.m. for the live commentary of the Austrian Grand Prix. Motorsport news continues on AUTOhebdo.fr with the WRC in Poland, and Formula e in London.
15h
Here are the top 10 from this session: Hamilton, Rosberg, Hülkenberg, Vettel, Button, Räikkönen, Ricciardo, Bottas, Verstappen and Massa. With the penalties, Vettel and Rosberg must move back five places on the grid, after gearbox changes, which allows Hülkenberg to be promoted to the front row. Button and Räikkönen will share the second row.
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Ultimately it was Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) who took his 54th pole with a final time of 1’07”922. Rosberg takes second place, but the German will be penalized five places for changing gearboxes. After applying the penalties, Hülkenberg (Force India) will be second on the grid ahead of a surprising Jenson Button (McLaren).
15h
Massa dislodges Hülkenberg from provisional first place, then beaten by Räikkönen and Hamilton, while Hülkenberg improves again in 1’10”716.
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We are in the last minute of Q3.
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Ultra-soft tires are now fitted to the single-seaters.
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If Hülkenberg (Force India) tries the slick bet, Rosberg does not want to change tires for the moment.
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Button climbs into second position at 304 thousandths.
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Ricciardo (Red Bull) further improved his time but Hamilton dislodged the Australian in 1’16”232. Rosberg fails at 1″050.
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Vettel and Räikkönen (Ferrari) improve but remain 3rd and 4th
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Vettel took the best provisional time after the first laps in 1'20″7, but Räikkönen (Ferrari), then Hamilton and Rosberg (Mercedes) improved immediately, but it was Ricciardo (Red Bull) who topped everyone in 1'19″217, 331 thousandths ahead of Rosberg.
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The two Red Bull drivers played the strategy card in Q2, setting their best laps on super-soft tires. A solution that Mercedes tried to follow but too late, with the arrival of rain.
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The third and final part of the qualification will begin at 15:04 p.m.
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Hamilton and Rosberg (Mercedes), Vettel (Ferrari), Ricciardo (Red Bull), Verstappen (Red Bull), Bottas (Williams), Räikkönen (Ferrari), Massa (Williams), Hülkenberg (Force India) and Button (McLaren) will be in Q3.
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With the rain coming to Austria, improvements become impossible. Gutiérrez (Haas), Wehrlein (Manor), Grosjean (Haas) and Alonso (McLaren), as well as Sainz (Toro Rosso), who stopped his STR11 at the side of the track in Q1, and Pérez (Force India), victim of a suspension problem in Q1, are not qualified for the last part of the session.
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Grosjean (Haas) improves but cannot overtake Wehrlein (Manor), still 12th in the standings.
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Rosberg (Mercedes) put on the super-soft tires. Change of strategy for the German.
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Räikkönen (Ferrari) says he felt a few drops of rain. A few moments later, Jenson Button (McLaren) went too wide at turn 3 and went into the gravel trap.
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New improvement for Ricciardo (Red Bull), 4th provisional time, 0″612 behind leader Hamilton.
