F1 Austrian Grand Prix LIVE: Qualifying results and times with Max Verstappen on pole

Follow live updates from the Red Bull Ring as Verstappen continues his weekend domination with pole position

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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.

Follow live updates from the Austrian Grand Prix with The Independent

F1 AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX - LATEST UPDATES

• Max Verstappen is on pole position in Austria; Norris 2nd; Russell 3rd
• Click HERE for the top-10 in qualifying
• Daniel Ricciardo out in Q2, also out: Magnussen, Gasly, Tsunoda, Alonso
• Lance Stroll out in Q1, also out: Albon, Bottas, Sargeant, Zhou
• Max Verstappen won sprint race in Austria; Piastri 2nd; Norris 3rd
• Click HERE for the top-eight in the sprint race

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Start times this weekend in Austria:

(All times BST)

Saturday 29 June

• Qualifying: 3pm

Sunday 30 June

• Race: 2pm

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Here are the Driver Standings heading into qualifying!

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

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Max Verstappen fires back at British Grand Prix chief: ‘It’s not my fault’

Max Verstappen insists the promoters of the British Grand Prix need to “look at themselves” and not blame Red Bull for the slow uptake of tickets to this year’s race at Silverstone.

Verstappen won last year’s race – his first British GP triumph – and in total won 19 out of 22 grands prix in 2023, a record amount.

Silverstone managing director Stuart Pringle stated last week that Red Bull’s ultra-domination in 2023 has contributed to tickets not yet selling out for this year’s event on 5-7 July.

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Sprint race report: Max Verstappen holds off McLaren challenge to win Austrian GP sprint race

Max Verstappen produced an impressive defensive display to hold off Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris and win Saturday’s sprint race at the Austrian Grand Prix.

Norris briefly wrested the lead off Verstappen on the fifth of 23 laps at a sun-cooked Red Bull Ring in Spielberg.

But Verstappen swatted Norris aside at the next corner before crossing the line 4.6 seconds clear of Piastri with Norris having to settle for third.

George Russell finished fourth for Mercedes, one place ahead of Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz. Lewis Hamilton started sixth and finished in the same position.

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Lewis Hamilton after sixth place in the sprint:

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Christian Horner has said the following about Toto Wolff’s pursuit of Max Verstappen

Asked why Wolff continues to speak about Verstappen, Horner replied: “That’s a question you would have to ask Toto. Max was pretty resolute in what he said in this conference [on Thursday].

“He’s always been absolutely consistent with that with the team. I think it’s purely a tactic of distraction.

“If he does want a Verstappen for next year then I guess Jos is potentially available.”

(Getty Images)

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Nico Hulkenberg receives a penalty!

A 10-second time penalty and two penalty points for this incident in the sprint!

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George Russell after securing P4 in the sprint:

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Max Verstappen after his win:

“Good first lap but once DRS opens, it’s very hard to get out of it. Once out of it, I could do my own race. We had to work for it, few things we can do better for tomorrow especially, longer races, harder on the tyres, interesting to see how it will evolve.

“I need to have a look at the whole race, we’ll see where we can do better.”

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Oscar Piastri after finshing second:

“Finished higher than I started but didn’t have the pace in the second-half. We’ll take the points, good haul compared to those around us.

“The move was quite late, knew there would be an opportunity. I had one opportunity to get Max the lap after but didn’t have the pace after that.”