Max Verstappen set the pace in the final Austrian Grand Prix practice session in Spielberg, ahead of Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton.
Verstappen, who leads the Drivers' Championshi by 18 points, went to the top of the timesheets to go 0.538 seconds faster than Bottas on the soft tyres whilst Hamilton was a further tenth behind in third.
Pierre Gasly confirmed AlphaTauri's at the Red Bull Ring in fourth place, whilst Antonio Giovinazzi shocked the field in fifth.
Ferrari bounced back from a difficult Friday as Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc finished the session in sixth and eighth.
The full results from the final practice session for the Austrian GP can be seen below.
Result Free practice 3 - Austrian
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