F1 Austrian Grand Prix LIVE: George Russell claims stunning win after Lando Norris and Max Verstappen crash

Follow live updates from the Red Bull Ring as Verstappen starts on pole position at Red Bull’s home race

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Max Verstappen followed up his sprint victory by securing pole position for Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix.

On Red Bull’s home turf in Spielberg, and cheered on by 40,000 travelling Dutch fans, Verstappen blew away his rivals to take top spot.

The world champion produced a scintillating lap of the shortest track on the Formula One calendar to finish 0.404 seconds clear of McLaren’s Lando Norris, with George Russell third for Mercedes. Carlos Sainz finished fourth with Lewis Hamilton fifth.

“It is a great feeling and the team has worked hard to make the car competitive,” said Verstappen after landing his fourth straight pole at the Red Bull Ring. “This is a great statement and hopefully we can show that again tomorrow in the race.”

Follow live updates from the Austrian Grand Prix with The Independent

F1 AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX - LATEST UPDATES

• George Russell wins after dramtic end to Austrian Grand Prix
• Fuming Lando Norris slams friend Max Verstappen for ‘ruining his race’ after dramatic collision
• CRASH! Verstappen and Norris collide in high drama (Lap 65/71)
• GREAT RACING! George Russell and Lewis Hamilton swap positions in a matter of seconds (Lap 3/71)
• START! Max Verstappen keeps the lead at the start (Lap 1/71)
• Max Verstappen started on pole position in Austria; Norris 2nd; Russell 3rd
• Verstappen won sprint race in Austria; Piastri 2nd; Norris 3rd

[30 June 2024 11:11 · Kieran Jackson]

George Russell after qualifying third:

“The car feels really good, we’ve got a fight on our hands with Ferrari, McLaren bit ahead, but good progress with us.

“Happy to be in P3, we compromised qualifying a little bit to help the race tomorrow, McLaren have the edge of us. Third race in a row for top three in qualifying.

“Verstappen and Norris were pretty dicey in the sprint race so hopefully I can sneak through on the inside but I think our race will be behind us unfortunately.”

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[30 June 2024 11:06 · Kieran Jackson]

What time does the F1 start today?

(All times BST)

Sunday 30 June

• Race: 2pm

How can I watch it online and on TV?

The Austrian Grand Prix will be broadcast live on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom - and ESPN in the United States. Sky’s coverage of Sunday’s race starts at 12:30pm (BST).

Highlights in the UK will be aired on free-to-air Channel 4; at 6:30pm (BST) on Sunday evening for the race.

Sky Sports subscribers can watch all the action in Spielberg on the Sky Go app. If you’re not a Sky customer you can grab a NOWTV Day Pass here to watch without a subscription.

[30 June 2024 10:56 · Kieran Jackson]

Constructors’ Championship after the sprint race:

1. Red Bull - 339 points

2. Ferrari - 276 points

3. McLaren - 250 points

4. Mercedes - 159 points

5. Aston Martin - 58 points

6. RB - 28 points

7. Alpine - 8 points

8. Haas - 7 points

9. Williams - 2 points

10. Sauber - 0 points

[30 June 2024 10:46 · Kieran Jackson]

Oscar Piastri on deleted Q3 lap time:

“For me, it’s embarrassing. We do all this work for track limits and I didn’t even go off the track, probably my best turn 6 and it gets deleted. I don’t know why they’ve spent millions on the final two corners and there’s still somewhere you can go off with track limits.

“I was right on the limit of the track, we’ve had so much effort trying to get rid of these problems, there’s no reason this corner should be an issue with track limit when you stay on the track, which I did.”

“Max looked to be on another level, we’ll try our best. We saw in the sprint the tyres were overheating quickly, makes life tough but we’ll try our best.”

Piastri now starts from P7...

[30 June 2024 10:15 · Kieran Jackson]

Here’s where Max Verstappen was superior to Lando Norris!

The Red Bull driver beat his man by over four-tenths of a second in qualifying!

[30 June 2024 10:11 · Kieran Jackson]

Driver Standings after the sprint race yesterday:

1. Max Verstappen - 227 points

2. Lando Norris - 156 points

3. Charles Leclerc - 150 points

4. Carlos Sainz - 120 points

5. Sergio Perez - 112 points

6. Oscar Piastri - 94 points

7. George Russell - 86 points

8. Lewis Hamilton - 73 points

9. Fernando Alonso - 41 points

10. Yuki Tsunoda - 19 points

11. Lance Stroll - 17 points

12. Daniel Ricciardo - 9 points

13. Oliver Bearman - 6 points

14. Nico Hulkenberg - 6 points

15. Pierre Gasly - 5 points

16. Esteban Ocon - 3 points

17. Alex Albon - 2 points

18. Kevin Magnussen - 1 point

19. Zhou Guanyu - 0 points

20. Valtteri Bottas - 0 points

21. Logan Sargeant - 0 points

[30 June 2024 10:07 · Kieran Jackson]

Start time today for Austrian Grand Prix:

(All times BST)

Sunday 30 June

• Race: 2pm

How can I watch it online and on TV?

The Austrian Grand Prix will be broadcast live on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom - and ESPN in the United States. Sky’s coverage of Sunday’s race starts at 12:30pm (BST).

Highlights in the UK will be aired on free-to-air Channel 4; at 6:30pm (BST) on Sunday evening for the race.

Sky Sports subscribers can watch all the action in Spielberg on the Sky Go app. If you’re not a Sky customer you can grab a NOWTV Day Pass here to watch without a subscription.

[30 June 2024 10:06 · Kieran Jackson]

F1 Austrian Grand Prix LIVE:

Good morning and welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of the Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring!

It’s been a weekend dominated by one man so far: Max Verstappen won the sprint race after qualifying on pole and will start today’s grand prix from the front too after a cracking final lap in Q3, beating Lando Norris in second by four-tenths.

Norris will be eyeing a quick start though, with George Russell in third and Carlos Sainz in fourth - as four different teams make up the top-four places.

Stay right here for all the build-up - lights out is at 2pm! (BST)

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[29 June 2024 18:05 · Kieran Jackson]

Lando Norris reflects on Max Verstappen masterclass after Austria qualifying

Lando Norris said Max Verstappen was “in a league of his own” after the Red Bull driver obliterated his rivals to take pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix.

On Red Bull’s home turf in Spielberg, and cheered on by 40,000 travelling Dutch fans, Verstappen produced a scintillating lap of the shortest track on the Formula One calendar to finish an eye-watering 0.404 seconds clear of McLaren’s Norris, with George Russell third for Mercedes, half-a-second back. Carlos Sainz took fourth, one place ahead of Lewis Hamilton.

The build-up to the 11th round has been dominated by Jos Verstappen’s row with Christian Horner following the former’s withdrawal from a parade of the sport’s legends ahead of Sunday’s 71-lap race.

Full report below:

[29 June 2024 17:44 · Kieran Jackson]

Lewis Hamilton optimistic ahead of tomorrow’s grand prix