Summary

  • Polesitter George Russell wins the Austrian Grand Prix

  • Max Verstappen, who started P5, finishes second, and title leader Kimi Antonelli completes podium in third

  • Russell moves back up to second in drivers' championship, 40 points behind Mercedes team-mate Antonelli

  • Oscar Piastri is fourth, Lewis Hamilton fifth and Isack Hadjar sixth

  • Charles Leclerc finishes P8 after starting on front row

  • Retired: Lance Stroll, Carlos Sainz, Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas

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Live Reporting

Jay Freeman

  1. Just 6.8 seconds separates Max Verstappen from race leader George Russell right now.

    Squeaky bum time for the Mercedes man. 59 laps gone. I'll take another 59 laps of this action, please.

    George RussellGetty Images

  2. Andrew Benson
    BBC F1 correspondent

    We have got 16 laps to go, Verstappen is eight-and-a-half seconds behind Russell. On the last lap he closed in on him by three-and-a-half to four tenths and behind him, Antonelli is 4.9 seconds adrift and he is going a tenth of a second faster than Verstappen.

  3. Team radio - Leclerc to Ferrari

    Leclerc: "These tyres are ****."

  4. Isack Hadjar nabs fifth place from Charles Leclerc but the Ferrari driver puts up a fight and doesn't concede easily.

    In the end Hadjar just has the pace which Ferrari don't on that hard tyre.

    Meanwhile down the road, Lewis Hamilton's lost a fair amount of time on Oscar Piastri too in the battle for fourth. He's 3.6 seconds down on the McLaren.

  5. The heatwave's given way in the UK today and there's been a fair bit of rain around the country.

    ..and now there's rain on the radar in Austria.

    Are we going to get a rainy finale? Or will the weather hold? Some rain would certainly mix things up here!

  6. Top five

    1. George Russell (Mercedes)

    2. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

    3. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)

    4. Oscar Piastri (McLaren)

    5. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)

  7. Nine seconds between race leader George Russell and Max Verstappen in second place with 54 laps gone.

    Let's have a look at the top five.

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    Do Ferrari have a bag full of strategy calls which they randomly draw throughout a GP Weekend?

    Dominic, Ibiza

    Ferrari always had to roll the dice today. This isn't a track that's favourable to their car. Mercedes and Verstappen with his upgrades were always going to have a strong day.

    Kev, Wolves

  9. Yes, yes Ferrari do swap Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc with the former overtaking the latter.

    Meanwhile there's some debris in turn three after Alex Albon his a bollard and there's a very brief virtual safety car.

  10. And Kimi Antonelli pits, now. Meaning George Russell leads this topsy turvy race again.

    Meanwhile further down the order, Lewis Hamilton is all over the back of his Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc again in a battle for fifth.

    Will they swap the two cars soon and try and catapult Lewis into contention for more points?

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

    I think it has been a challenging day for Charles Leclerc, started on the front row of the grid and every time we see him on the track, it seems like he is under threat or overtaken. He finds himself up in fifth place right now but that doesn't tell the full story of his afternoon.

  12. Team radio - Mercedes to Antonelli

    Engineer: "OK Kimi let's go. Just maintain the focus"

  13. Antonelli leads

    Max Verstappen comes into the pits and so Kimi Antonelli leads this race again.

    Verstappen's got a brand new set of hards on and you'd imagine that'll take him to the end of the race.

    Honestly looking at the timing tower, it's multi-coloured with regards to tyre choices this afternoon.

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  14. Oscar Piastri takes fourth position from the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc.

    I must say Oscar looks good this weekend but is he too far behind to make a real impact on the race? He's around 25 seconds behind race leader Max Verstappen at the minute, who complains that his tyres are done and dusted.

    23 laps to go.

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

    That early pit stop George Russell did has put him under pressure towards the end of the grand prix. We do expect Kimi Antonelli and Max Verstappen to keep on extending in this stint.

  16. Team radio - Aston Martin to Stroll

    Engineer: "Box to retire the car"

  17. Team radio - Russell to Mercedes

    Russell: "As long as Kimi keeps extending, Verstappen keep going to keep on extending and put us into risk"

  18. So, Fernando Alonso's been given a five-second penalty and Lance Stroll's now been told to retire the car.

    Not a stellar afternoon for Aston Martin. Or season, for that matter.

  19. Team radio - Red Bull to Verstappen

    Engineer: "Best you can at this stage of the race, we're just trying to build a tyre offset."Verstappen: "I think it was the wrong call"

  20. Max Verstappen currently leads this race after 46 laps with a 4.3 second gap on Kimi Antonelli.

    George Russell, who's recently pitted, is in third and 12 seconds behind his team-mate.

    Finely poised, this.

    Max VerstappenGetty Images