Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez of Mercedes and Racing Point respectively completed the top three, with the Mexican’s team-mate Lance Stroll fourth fastest.
Reigning F1 champion Lewis Hamilton was down in sixth and will be determined to get on the front row if FP3 and qualifying are cleared to go ahead on Saturday.
Ferrari have brought upgrades to Austria this weekend but they don’t seem to have had the desired impact so far.
Charles Leclerc was only ninth quickest during FP2, with Sebastian Vettel a hugely disappointing 16th going into what looks set to be another tough weekend for the Italians.
The Styrian Grand Prix is the second race of the revamped 2020 F1 schedule, which had races at Mugello and Sochi added to it on Friday.
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