Summary

  • George Russell leads in Spielberg from pole position

  • Lewis Hamilton overtakes Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc for second

  • Max Verstappen up to third, Kimi Antonelli fourth, Leclerc down to fifth

  • Cadillac's Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez both out of race

  • Antonelli is 41 points clear of Hamilton in drivers' standings

  • Austrian Grand Prix declared heat-hazard race amid heatwave

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Jay Freeman

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    Don't write off Antonelli or Verstappen.

    Don, Falkirk

    Shall be interesting to see, if Verstappen can keep up the form from Monaco.

    Juvenal, Chile

    Lewis, Charles, Verstappen on podium. Mercedes might push too hard.

    Claire, Denny

  2. Team radio - Hamilton to Ferrari

    Hamilton: "The car is moving to oversteer quite quickly."

  3. Kimi Antonelli is all over the back of the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc in the tail end of lap seven and he successfully makes the move coming into the penultimate corner.

    Great stuff from the championship leader but less good from a Ferrari perspective.

    Lewis Hamilton, in second, has also lost almost a second on race leader George Russell in the past few laps, too.

  4. Sam Bird
    Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Live

    The excitement has subsided a little bit at the front. I think everybody now is just working on looking after their medium compound tyres, getting them towards the end of the stint. It will be crucial to try and undercut or overcut and see which one is more powerful.

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    Blistering start by Russell. Kimi is having more time off the track than on track. Verstappen doing all he can to be in top three. A loss for Kimi and Leclerc as Hamilton chases Russell. Race is on!

    Jeremiah, DRC

  6. Russell leads

    So after six laps, we've lost both Cadillacs, there's been no further action on Kimi Antonelli leaving the track and George Russell leads the race with a 1.8 second gap to Lewis Hamilton in second.

    A frantic start in Styria.

  7. Team radio - Perez to Cadillac

    Perez: "I've got a lot of smoke in the cockpit."

  8. No further action for Antonelli

    No further action for Kimi Antonelli leaving the track and gaining an advantage.

    Elsewhere, we've had one Cadillac out of the race and it looks like we've got another as Sergio Perez comes into the pits..

    We're only five laps into the race, as well.

    George Russell leading, Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc and Kimi AntonelliGetty Images

  9. Sam Bird
    Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Live

    The biggest loser of the first few laps is Charles Leclerc, down two positions from where he's started on the front row. Biggest winner is Max Verstappen, up two from fifth, up to third.

  10. Team radio - Lawson to Racing Bulls

    Lawson: "On fire. I've got my car on fire."

  11. Kimi Antonelli's been noted for leaving the track after that chaotic couple of laps.

    Meanwhile Valtteri Bottas' race is already over as he comes into the pits with his brakes on fire. That's the second time that's happened this weekend after a similar incident in practice.

    And he's not the only one on fire..

  12. Team radio - Bottas to Cadillac

    Bottas: "My brakes are on fire"

  13. Sam Bird
    Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Scrappy stuff from Kimi Antonelli on the opening lap and third. He's made many many mistakes.

  14. Kimi Antonelli goes off the track for a third time at the start of lap two as he mounts an overtake on Charles Leclerc.

    In the aftermath, that's given Max Verstappen the perfect opportunity to pounce and he stels third as Kimi Antonelli moves down to fifth.

    What a start!

  15. Sam Bird
    Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Turn Three, Turn Four especially, those are the main two [for overtaking]. Normally people look to get a run out of Turn One up to Three. If you don't get the move done in Three, have a look at Turn Four.

  16. Go! Go! Go!

    We are under way on a scorcher of a day in Austria!

    But will we be treated to a scorcher of a race? George Russell gets away well and it's a relatively clear start.

    Kimi Antonelli goes wide into turn one and then again into turn three! The two Ferraris battle out soon after and Lewis Hamilton snatches P2 from his team-mate Charles Leclerc.

    George Russell leading the Austrian Grand Prix.Getty Images

  17. Formation lap - mediums the way to go

    The medium tyre is the way to go for most of the grid this afternoon.

    Gabriel Bortoleto and Carlos Sainz have opted for the softs to get their respective races going, however.

    A reminder that the pole sitter has led lap one in every single Austrian Grand Prix since 2018.

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    Kimi 1st, George 2nd, Lewis 3rd. Like to see Bearman get in the points.

    Ian Northampton

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  20. 'Podium is our goal' - Norris

    Lando Norris talking to Sky Sports about if his brake issues can be resolved: "Not really but that's life. [A podium] is our goal. It would be nice to achieve, we have to beat quicker cars which means will need better driving and better strategy. We'll see what we can do but I think it will be similar to Barcelona."