Sebastian Vettel has shown Ferrari can match Mercedes for pace as he came out on top of final practice for the Austrian Grand Prix.

The German traded fastest laps with title rival Lewis Hamilton before posting a new lap record to finish clear of the field.

Australia’s Daniel Ricciardo, coming off his win in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, finished in sixth place, just behind Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen.

Hamilton will take a five-place grid penalty after Mercedes were forced to change his gearbox at the start of the weekend.

Vettel, holding a 14-point lead over Hamilton at the top of the drivers’ championship, has been in the headlines all week after avoiding any post-race reprimands for deliberately driven into the side of Hamilton’s car in Azerbaijan.

Hamilton’s team-mate Valtteri Bottas was third fastest, with the second Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen in fourth.

Kevin Magnussen beat Haas team-mate Romain Grosjean into seventh, with Daniil Kvyat ninth for Toro Rosso and his colleague Carlos Sainz, who suffered an engine issue early in the session, managing to make it two Toro Rossos in the top 10.