00:00He hasn't scored the point since the Miami sprint race, compare that to his teammate Alonso who's on a point scoring streak at the moment of the last couple of races and Stroll puts himself up into second as Albon crossed the line ahead of him with the fastest lap time, Albon's teammate though Carlos Sainz who has been rather overshadowed by his tied teammates so far this year looking to try and put in some better performances for the Williams team being strong so far but there's more in the tank for Carlos Sainz as he crosses the line.
00:30Into nine the car looks pretty balanced through there it's six and seven where the Red Bull has been down compared to the McLaren those long radius fast corners that's where they've been down and he comes across the line for a 65.1 Lando Norris immediately faster by nearly half a second what do we have here Oscar for Piastri into the gravel yeah he's too greedy into turn four I wonder if the wind has picked
00:59again the third youngest podium sitter in Formula One history full commitment round the final corner for the young Italian the 18 year old crosses the line with his first flyer for Mercedes puts himself up in fourth six tenths adrift though of Lando Norris what of his teammate though crosses the line seventh keeps going I'm looking out of our window
01:20uh he's sure he's on track yeah yes he's starting a lap now yeah oh a bit of a moment for Alonso coming through turn four on his last lap
01:29around and Alex Albon also kicking up the dust running that floor along the curbs as well Sainz and Albon have just put on a brand new set of softs each they each need to find
01:40at least three or four tenths of a second to be clear of getting into Q2
01:45here comes Portiletto to the line puts his salve up in fifth spots and almost half a second
01:52on that line he's looking at three consecutive Q1 exits I think we're about to see why
01:58oh yeah big error there as he tied him he got on the inside curve and they started to pick the power up and
02:04that put the rear of the car out of line and then does he drop it delivered now can Fernando Alonso find
02:10the pace to get himself up and safe his teammate Lance Stroll has just popped himself up into 12th
02:15where does Alonso go to the line for the Spaniard up to eighth spot he was on pole position last time out
02:23in Canada George Russell currently looking at being eliminated from this Q1 Antonelli goes up to 10th
02:30what can George Russell do after that mistake of the middle set to can he save himself and go through
02:34yes he can but it's only up to 11th just behind his teammate that puts Stroll down into the bottom
02:41five and out along with Esteban Ocon Carlos Sainz needs improvement here to the line and he doesn't do
02:48it it is three consecutive Q1 eliminations for Carlos Sainz who will find himself down in 19th spot his
02:58teammate Albon all the way up in nine and that is not what the Spaniard needed
03:03well I don't I didn't have any front grip well
03:06yeah I mean to be fair to Yuki if you look at his time gap to Max Verstappen he's only a quarter of a
03:14half a second down yesterday they didn't quite seem there and the early part of qualifying Hamilton a 5-1 so a half a second down on Norris' time
03:24they're sort of there aren't they in terms of that next group but still a big chunk behind McLeod and it seems
03:32upgrades for them this weekend on the floor but it got off to a rough start with gearbox problems as well for Lewis Hamilton
03:38now watch it's a blind crest you go over before you turn into nine push the front end through make sure you don't dip into the gravel
03:44get the car settled briefly and then turn in to the final corner charge up to the line and Verstappen
03:50goes to the top with a 5-1-0-3 all the way to the line for Russell and see what he's got on this opening
03:57gambit puts it up into third behind Lawson though and will need to go better than that but Piastri who
04:03has looked a little behind his teammate Lando Norris so far this weekend Piastri fastest of
04:08anybody in the first and final sectors Norris quicker in the middle sector but only by a thousandth of a
04:15second Piastri to the top half a second clear of Max Verstappen Norris through the final corner
04:23to the line wow 10 and a half clear to the top yeah car is completely undrivable I have no grip
04:31the seat before okay understood I don't even know what to say like I have no grip low speed
04:36and I suspect Russell will be saying something similar because as I was saying I heard him go for
04:44a downshift nearly at the exit of third seven as he was scrubbing through the corner so Mercedes
04:50really struggling as well Verstappen seven tenths down no wonder he's not happy Harry at the moment
04:56Lewis Hamilton giving the grass a little bit of a moat picking up a bit of fire we've got a fire on the
05:04grass oh dear so this one we were trialing a couple of races ago weren't we different uh material for
05:09the skid blocks yeah in the hopes that we wouldn't see this kind of thing happen again we've seen it
05:15over the last couple of years haven't we China Japan and it's happened here in Austria and charges up to
05:21the line and it is an improvement I don't know if that will be enough with a 5-3
05:27Oli Behrman to the line then Bortoleto follows him and finds eight tenths of a second and puts himself up
05:34into third Antonelli is going to get to the line first he's going to come up and gets into the top
05:40ten uh only a massive improvement is it that's the clock chimes down to zero that lap from
05:46Gortoleto is actually spectacular Russell in 12th could only manage to get up to fifth
05:51not going well for racing balls having had such a good Q1 to the line for Pierre Gasly
05:57rockets up to six his teammate Franco Colopinto will be next who out qualified him in Canada last time out
06:04he doesn't progress it's only 13th for the Argentine Alonso knocked down into 11th now can Albon make it
06:11worse no he can't a Williams out in Q1 another Williams out in Q2 he will not progress so uh they take away
06:20some of the risk of any more fires oh that was close that was close George Russell yeah released into
06:27the path of the Ferraris so that could be I'll have to get a conversation yeah that could be that
06:34could be trouble is more than anyone else
06:40I can't see can you tell me it's clear now
06:47so it was Russell and that incident has been noted and Kimi Antonelli sets the first up a 105
06:53two seven six on the board to go top Norris uh will follow his teammate Piastri over the line Piastri
06:59to the top of the times yeah Piastri two thousands quicker than his Q2 time but Norris is absolutely
07:05flying and we'll see the final sector of the lap look at that nearly three tenths of a second a 64.268
07:12fantastic lap from Lando Norris Max Verstappen what's he got to play with here round the final corner on home
07:18turf for the Red Bull team slots into third six tenths adrift but he's on the used set remember
07:24yes so he has done his first lap on those Leclerc splits the two McLarence up into second
07:31Stappen through the middle center a tenth down we've got a yellow flag out onto the track
07:35has anybody come off Gasly's looking rather slow down the start finish straight but it's gone green again
07:40so hopefully that hasn't uh halted anyone no Verstappen's bailed Verstappen's backed out of it
07:46and and I think Piastri got affected there because Gasly whatever happened to Gasly Piastri is behind
07:52him on track and I think it's affected Piastri starting his final lap here but on board with
07:58George Russell we'll see as he comes through the last corner he's gonna have a clear run to the line and he is
08:04first fastest Norris going even faster Piastri's bail one final corner for the Brit to go across the line
08:10it's Lando Norris of pole position here he comes down into the final corner turns it in
08:16I miss the apex he was wide of the apex I put him in the gravel and that's center spinning around
08:21so that was when he was setting up his final lap and let's keep an eye in the background Harry
08:27because as he's spinning and rejoining and bringing grass and muck onto the track
08:35Piastri was somewhere behind him I saw the driver tracker I think and that would have affected
08:42and this is Verstappen
08:46so we think Gasly was actually finishing his lap there and that yellow flag disabled disabled the DRS
08:56as you can see actually yeah you see the rear wing opens and then closes for Max Verstappen
