Lewis Hamilton stamped his authority on the Austrian hills on Friday and looked like the man to beat through final practice and the first two segments of qualifying. But it was his Mercedes team mate Valtteri Bottas who did the business when it mattered to snatch his first pole position of the season

Bottas’ first run in the qualifying top 10 shootout was majestic, with the Finn finishing an incredible half a second clear of the field. Admittedly, Hamilton had made a mistake, which increased the pressure for the final run. The reigning world champion upped the ante in that second run – but Bottas had a little more left in the tank, too – 0.019s in fact – to take a stunning pole, the fifth of his F1 career and his second in a row in Austria. Sebastian Vettel admitted to making mistakes on both his Q3 runs as he ended up third, ahead of Ferrari team mate Kimi Raikkonen with Max Verstappen slotting into fifth for Red Bull. Romain Grosjean is a man in need of a good result and he made the most of a track he seems to run well at as he took sixth, ahead of Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo with Haas team mate Kevin Magnussen taking eighth. The Renaults of Carlos Sainz and Nico Hulkenberg completed the top 10.

1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:03.130
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:03.149
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:03.464
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:03.660
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:03.840
6	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:03.892
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:03.996
8	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:04.051
9	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:04.725
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1:05.019