The Latest Breaking News from Pierre Gasly

Verstappen will start ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.

Under cloudy skies and in stronger winds compared to Friday’s earlier practice session, the drivers found themselves incurring multiple track limits penalties – particularly in Q2.

The Red Bull Ring lap is the fifth-shortest on the 2023 calendar at 2.68 miles. However, its high-speed nature means that in a dry session it is likely to produce the quickest time.

Strategy is a major talking point of an F1 grand prix weekend, with teams formulating initial plans well in advance of arriving at the track.

Christian Horner and Helmut Marko have been allies for many years at Red Bull, but haven't always agreed on big decisions including the call to sign Nyck de Vries for AlphaTauri

Pierre Gasly caused an early red flag during first practice for the recent Canadian Grand Prix when he stopped with what he reported to be a driveshaft failure. But it has since transpired that the “freak” fault came with the steering wheel losing its power supply and engaging the clutch.

In the closing stages of the race, the rear-facing camera on Ocon's A523 showed the wing oscillating in dramatic fashion at high speed.

In the closing stages of the race, the rear-facing camera on Ocon’s A523 showed the wing oscillating in dramatic fashion at high speed.

Mick Schumacher is a Mercedes reserve this season after team principal Toto Wolff wasted little time before snapping him up when Haas let him go at the end of last year