 Valtteri Bottas akaisa rekodhi yekumhanya kwazvo paRed Bull Ring 1m 04.251s, achipwanya rekodhi yaHamilton yenguva dzese dzekutenderera kwe1m 06.228s kubva muna 2016ne1.977 s, achimupa nzvimbo yechipiri yebasa rake. Lewis Hamilton akakwanisa kuva wechitatu asi akatanga kubva pa8 mushure mekugamuchira chirango chenzvimbo shanu nekuda kwekuchinja gearbox isina kurongwa. NeSvondo, Bottas akatora rukundo rwake rwechipiri mubasa rake. Pashure pokutiza kwakanaka uko kwakaparira kuongorora kwokutanga, Bottas akatungamirira zviri nyore kubva pachigadziko ndokutonga hafu yokutanga yomutambo pamatai eultra-soft. Zvisinei, kamwe chete matayi akaomesesa akauya, Vettel akakwanisa kupfupisa musiyano waiva paMercedes iyo matai ayo akatanga kutambura. Kufanana neRussian Grand Prix, muFinland akakwanisa kuwana kukunda achipedza 0.6s chete pamberi paVettel. Zvichakadaro, Hamilton akarwa achidzoka kubva pachinzvimbo chechisere kusvika pachinzvimbo chechina, achinyara 1.4s chete kuti asvike pachigaro chepodiyamu. Mushure memakwikwi, Bottas akabviswa pamhosva yaaifungidzirwa yekusvetuka kwekutanga sezvo FIA yakaongorora kufamba kwekutanga kwaBottas uye yakaonekwa seyakanyatsojeka uye yakasarudzika kutonga, ichitarisira nguva iyo mwenje mishanu yakadzima ne 0.201s chete, iri mukati meFIA inobvumidza kushivirira. 