'I hope I can give the fans a good result tomorrow'

Max Verstappen says he will be aiming to please his supporters tomorrow at the Austrian Grand Prix after an unlikely third position in qualifying.

The Red Bull driver looked to turn his pace up a notch as qualifying got underway, splitting the Ferrari's and Mercedes' regularly from Q1 onwards.

Speaking after qualifying, Verstappen said the team had worked hard on the car ahead of qualifying, adding that he was hoping to put on a show tomorrow for his fans.

"I'm very happy now, for us it's great here; not easy. The car worked with the updates brought, so I'm very happy with top three," he said.

A potential grid penalty looms over second place man Lewis Hamilton for impeding Kimi Raikkonen during Q1 which could see Verstappen bumped up to the front row alongside polesitter Charles Leclerc.