F1 Austrian Grand Prix LIVE: Sprint qualifying schedule, results and times as Max Verstappen claims pole
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Formula One heads to the Red Bull Ring for round 11 of the 2024 season as Spielberg hosts the Austrian Grand Prix this weekend.
Max Verstappen won for the third time in four races to win last time out in Spain, holding off a late charge from Lando Norris to extend his lead in the F1 world championship standings. He now leads Norris, up to second ahead of Charles Leclerc, by 69 points.
Norris was frustrated with second place in a quick McLaren car in Barcelona, while Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton picked up his first podium of the season with a third-place finish.
Austria will host the third sprint race of the season this weekend. Verstappen won both races last year and is a four-time winner of Red Bull’s home race.
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Lando Norris in second:
“Reasonably good to be honest, never got quite comfortable, I’m happy with that. It must have been a nice lap from Max, good position for the race tomorrow.”
Lewis Hamilton:
“I wasn’t in the mix at all, the whole session was pretty disastrous. Practice was good, car felt good, not in a position for pole but yeah, some very bad laps.”
“I don’t think overtaking is mega here, we’ll give it our best. It’s usually not such an eventful race, the focus is on a better qualifying tomorrow.”
A disappointing afternoon for Hamilton, who starts P6 in the sprint tomorrow.
Max Verstappen on sprint pole:
“It was great to be first here, in front of home fans and home grand prix! A good day, nice to drive the car, it was well balanced, everything has been working really. Good start to the weekend, a lot of things to do.
“I’m not too stressed about tomorrow, will just enjoy my evening!”
TOP-10 ON GRID FOR SPRINT RACE:
1. Max Verstappen
2. Lando Norris
3. Oscar Piastri
4. George Russell
5. Carlos Sainz
6. Lewis Hamilton
7. Sergio Perez
8. Esteban Ocon
9. Pierre Gasly
10. Charles Leclerc (no time)
Max Verstappen:
“Yeah not bad, that lap was a bit quick. All good!”
Calm as you like...
Max Verstappen on pole for the sprint race!
Huge cheers from the Dutch fans in the grandstands - Verstappen does is by 0.093 secs to Lando Norris in second!
Oscar Piastri in third for McLaren, with George Russell in fourth and Carlos Sainz in fifth.
And Charles Leclerc didn’t get over the line in time - he starts down in P10! What a screw up from Ferrari!
6-10: Hamilton, Perez, Ocon, Gasly, Leclerc
George Russell:
“Let’s get cracking, everyone’s gonna go now!”
Only three minutes left and both the Mercedes cars out on track!
Big old queue in the pit-lane...
SQ3 underway!
Here we go then - eight minutes, probably time for two quickfire laps at the end of the session!
10 drivers involved: Verstappen, Perez, Sainz, Leclerc, Russell, Hamilton, Norris, Piastri, Gasly, Ocon
Interestingly, a lot of work going on at the back of Max Verstappen’s car prior to the start of SQ3!
It’s just not quite clicking for Aston Martin at the moment!
Fernando Alonso out in SQ2!
Another tricky session for Aston Martin, who both miss out to Alpine again!
Bottom-five (11-15) and out in SQ2: Magnussen, Stroll, Alonso, Tsunoda, Sargeant
Stroll: “I had a big slide in the last corner!” - and it cost him!
Magnussen misses out by 0.050 seconds to Pierre Gasly!
Top-3: Verstappen, Russell, Piastri
Now time for the quickfire top-10 shootout!
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