Two drivers, Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc, have been penalised ahead of the Austrian GP with the Ferrari driver falling to sixth and Leclerc to P18.

Vettel was slapped with a three-place grid penalty for Sunday’s race having blocked Carlos Sainz during qualifying.

An unhappy Sainz told Renault that he “had to take a kerb to avoid him, I nearly crashed.”

Vettel qualified P3 but falls to sixth.

Meanwhile Leclerc, who again made it into Q2, will start from 18th place on the grid after his Sauber required a new gearbox following an issue in FP3.

Revised grid

1 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:03.130

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