Summary

  • George Russell leads in Spielberg from pole position

  • Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen battle for P2 before Hamilton pits

  • 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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  1. Andrew Benson
    BBC F1 correspondent

    In all respect, you wonder if Ferrari are three-stopping, doesn't it? The others extending quite significantly, they are obviously not going in the same strategy race.

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    Now Ferrari are getting to grips with the car, I think Lewis has got another Championship in him! Go Lewis!

    Joe, Malvern

    This is incredible racing! First Kimi vs Charles, then Max Vs Lewis, and there’s still 55+ laps left!

    Jacob, Cardiff

    Ferrari must be suffering on this first stint. The drivers must be wishing the laps run out faster and do the pits! Leclerc falling behind with every lap and Hamilton struggling to keep ahead of Verstappen, no longer chasing Russell.

    Jeremiah, DRC

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

    Lewis is in the middle of the pack now, this lap is critical. is pitstop was 2.4 seconds so decent stop from his Ferrari crew but absolutely, this is critical.

  4. So, back to the front.

    George Russell leads Max Verstappen by 5.3 seconds after 15 laps of this race. Max certainly looks in decent shape now.

    Meanwhile Lewis Hamilton's been noted for forcing another driver off the track after his battle with Verstappen.

  5. Are Ferrari conceding they're a bit too hot on their tyres?

    Well they've brought in Charles Leclerc and stuck a set of hards on his car, too.

    Could they be going for a three-stop?

    Charles LeclercGetty Images

  6. Team radio - Ferrari to Hamilton

    Engineer: "Out lap critical. Let's go"

  7. Hamilton pits

    Shortly after his epic battle with Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton brings his Ferrari into the pits.

    They deploy the hard tyre onto his car and he comes out in 11th, just in front of Esteban Ocon.

    14 laps gone and plenty of entertainment so far.

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

    Fantastic driving from two world champions there [Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen]. In the meantime, George Russell now five seconds up the road due to the fighting, this intense fighting between Lewis and Max.

  9. Andrew Benson
    BBC F1 correspondent

    [Charles Leclerc] was told tyre degradation is as expected, he wasn't saying that himself. It is the team informing him about the others around him and his own.

  10. Team radio - Verstappen to Red Bull

    Verstappen: "That's a penalty, clear penalty"

  11. Max and Lewis go wheel to wheel

    This Verstappen-Hamilton battle is playing into the hands of race leader George Russell who's extended his lead to 3.3 seconds.

    He's told over the team radio to maximise that advantage.

    And in the aftermath, Max Verstappen puts in a pin perfect overtake on Hamilton to take P2.

    But not for long as Lewis snatches it back as they go wheel to wheel.

    Max goes into the gravel just briefly and Lewis holds position. Sensational racing!

    Max Verstappen and Lewis HamiltonGetty Images

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

    You would expect a Hamilton radio. The car is moving to oversteer quite quicky so I think Ferrari are overheating the surface of their tyres at the moment and really suffering in this phase of the race.

  13. Team radio - Ferrari to Leclerc

    Engineer: "Tyre degradation is as expected"

  14. Max Verstappen's had a stormer of a race start so far and he's up into third and just six tenths behind Lewis Hamilton as he targets second.

    Headed into lap 10, Lewis has a wobble into the final corner and he looks like a sitting duck here in that Ferrari.

    Some great battles in the early stages of this race.

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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

  16. Team radio - Hamilton to Ferrari

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

  17. 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.

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  18. 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

  20. 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.