Austrian F1 Grand Prix 2017 Qualifying: Saturday's Results, Times, Final Grid

Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas will start Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix in pole position after topping a chaotic qualifying on Saturday.

A late engine failure for Haas' Romain Grosjean and subsequent yellow flags meant most of the challengers for top spot were limited to just one hot lap in Q3. That was to the benefit of Bottas, who had earlier posted a time of one minute, 4.251 seconds to get the better of Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel by 0.042 seconds.

Lewis Hamilton notched the third fastest time, although he will begin the race in eighth because of a five-place grid penalty for an unauthorised engine change. Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen will move up into third spot.

Earlier in the day, Vettel topped the final practice session ahead of Hamilton. Read on for the results in full from Austria, as a fascinating grid formed ahead of Sunday's race.

Qualifying Recap

Here is a look at how the drivers fared in qualifying on Saturday, per the official F1 Twitter account:

The big news in the first practice session was the struggles endured by Williams. Although there were some familiar names in the drop zone, few anticipated Felipe Massa and Lance Stroll would not make it into Q2.

Given the team locked out the front row at this venue in 2014, it was a pretty damning effort from the Williams duo.

Still, it allowed some outsiders to chance their hand in Q2. As noted by F1 journalist James Allen, the session also gave us an insight into how Hamilton was going to approach Sunday's race with his grid penalty in mind:

In the session, after a relatively quiet day, it was Bottas who was the quickest around the Red Bull Ring in Q2, ousting Vettel and Hamilton with a slick lap as the clock ticked down.

While they and the other big names were safely through, one man who missed out was Fernando Alonso, as he could only do enough for 12th.

Still, as noted by the F1 on NBC Sports Twitter account, there were worries the Spaniard had bigger issues:

With so many major names in the top-10 shootout, an intriguing finale to the session was in store.

After the initial runs it was Bottas who had gone quickest ahead of Vettel and Hamilton. The latter would have been desperate to improve; his sanction meant he was facing a potential start in eighth place on Sunday.

On his second effort, Hamilton had a sloppy start to the lap, missing the apex at Turn 1 and opting to back out of the lap, anticipating he would have time for another.

But up the road, Grosjean was stationary on the circuit, meaning the drivers had to abandon their hot laps as the clock ticked down to zero.

The pedestrian pace didn't stop Max Verstappen from getting into some trouble, though:

Bottas spoke about how his car felt better and better as the day went on afterwards, while Vettel commented on the shortness of the lap in Austria:

With Hamilton down the grid on a different tyre to the rest of the contenders, Sunday's race should be a thriller. For Bottas, this is an excellent chance to get his second grand prix win secured and potentially put himself in the shakeup for the world championship.

FP3 Recap

Here are the standings in full from final practice:

Hamilton was in charge on Friday in Austria, suggesting he's going to be a tough man to knock off the top of the timesheets. But Vettel gave the Mercedes something to think about with a strong performance on Saturday.

After a sharp start from the two Mercedes drivers, the German offered an insight into Ferrari's potential pace around this circuit. 

Hamilton was initially able to respond to Vettel's time of 1:05.384, edging him out with a mark of 1:05.361. But Vettel had enough in the tank to fight back with a seriously quick 1:05.092.

As we can see here, after their battle in Baku, Vettel and Hamilton were in close proximity on the circuit again on Saturday, although without the same sort of fireworks:

Hamilton seemed intent on besting his rival's time again as the clock ticked down, although he overdid things a little into Turn 3.

The Mercedes driver was a heavy on the brakes and locked up his tyres. As we can see courtesy of Sky Sports F1, he ended up in a difficult spot:

Elsewhere, Raikkonen came home in fourth place, with the Red Bull duo of Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo in fifth and sixth, respectively.

Haas also set themselves up for a potentially strong weekend, as drivers Kevin Magnussen and Grosjean were competitive in seventh and eight, respectively.