Valtteri Bottas beat Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton to pole position, putting on a flawless display even as rivals faltered in qualifying for Saturday's Austrian Grand Prix.

The Finn thundered around the sylvan slopes of the 4.3-kilometer long Red Bull Ring in a time of one minute 03.130 seconds. Hamilton, who leads the championship by 14 points from Ferrari rival Sebastian Vettel, completed a front row lock out for Mercedes with a lap that was just 0.019 seconds slower than his teammate's. Vettel was third with a lap that was 0.334 seconds off Bottas' best.