World champion Lewis Hamilton bounced back from a poor morning session to set the fastest time in free practice for the Austrian Grand Prix in Spielberg on Friday.

Hamilton clocked a quickest time of 1min 04.523sec which was 0.189sec up on his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas with championship leader Max Verstappen in third 0.217sec back.

The Red Bull driver, who is looking for an Austrian double after winning last weekend's Styrian Grand Prix on the same circuit, was over half a second quicker than Hamilton in the morning with the Briton running only seventh fastest.

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