Having dominated the F1 Spielberg Dash earlier as we speak, reigning champion Max Verstappen smashed his rivals in qualifying to take a dominant pole place for tomorrow’s Austrian Grand Prix. F1Technical’s pitlane reporter Balazs Szabo stories on the nail-biting principal qualifying from Spielberg.
Max Verstappen fractionally beat the McLaren of Lando Norris yesterday, however he managed to search out one other gear for as we speak’s principal qualifying session.
The Dutchman set an eye-watering time of 1m04.314s to safe pole place for his staff’s house race. McLaren driver Lando Norris was his closest challenger as soon as once more, however the Briton couldn’t get inside three tenths of a second to Verstappen, but it surely was nonetheless sufficient for him to take P2 on the grid.
His team-mate Oscar Piastri appeared sturdy, however he had his finest lap time deleted for observe limits infringement which implies that he’ll solely begin from P7 tomorrow.
George Russell confirmed Mercedes’ bettering type, securing P3 whereas his team-mate Lewis Hamilton was solely half a tenth slower, however with tiny margins separating the highest groups, it was solely sufficient for the seven-time world champion to take P5 for tomorrow.
Ferrari lacked tempo as soon as once more to problem for the entrance row with Carlos Sainz ending up fourth quickest. His team-mate Charles Leclerc was on track to set a powerful lap time on his closing tour, however made two errors which noticed him find yourself solely sixth.
Sergio Perez appeared to lack tempo to compete together with his team-mate or the McLarens, Ferraris and Mercedes, and can solely line up in P8 on the grid for tomorrow’s Austrian Grand Prix.
Nico Hulkenberg had one other sensible qualifying session, taking ninth forward of Alpine rival Esteban Ocon.
Daniel Ricciardo took eleventh forward of Haas driver Kevin Magnussen with Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda set to type the seventh row on the grid.
Fernando Alonso was disheartened yesterday, and Aston Martin continued to battle for tempo in the primary qualifying session as we speak. The 2-time world champion was the slowest driver in Q2, and can solely begin from P2 on Sunday, two locations forward of his team-mate Lance Stroll.
Williams had hoped for higher fortunes in Austria, however the Grove-based squad is clearly off the tempo on the Crimson Bull Ring. Alexander Albon ended the day in P16 whereas Logan Sargeant will begin from the again row in P19.
It was additionally a doubly tough outing for the Kick Sauber duo of Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu as they ended up in 18th and twentieth respectively.
Outcomes
Pos.No.DriverCarQ1Q2Q3Laps11Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing Honda Rbpt1:05.3361:04.4691:04.3141824Lando NorrisMclaren Mercedes1:05.4501:05.1031:04.71820363George RussellMercedes1:05.5851:05.0161:04.84018455Carlos SainzFerrari1:05.2631:05.0161:04.85118544Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:05.5411:05.0531:04.90318616Charles LeclercFerrari1:05.5091:05.1041:05.04422781Oscar PiastriMclaren Mercedes1:05.3111:05.0701:05.04817811Sergio PerezRed Bull Racing Honda Rbpt1:05.5871:05.1441:05.20221927Nico HulkenbergHaas Ferrari1:05.5961:05.2621:05.385211031Esteban OconAlpine Renault1:05.5741:05.2741:05.88324113Daniel RicciardoRb Honda Rbpt1:05.5691:05.289151220Kevin MagnussenHaas Ferrari1:05.5081:05.347151310Pierre GaslyAlpine Renault1:05.5981:05.359181422Yuki TsunodaRb Honda Rbpt1:05.5631:05.412151514Fernando AlonsoAston Martin Aramco Mercedes1:05.6561:05.639151623Alexander AlbonWilliams Mercedes1:05.73691718Lance StrollAston Martin Aramco Mercedes1:05.81991877Valtteri BottasKick Sauber Ferrari1:05.8479192Logan SargeantWilliams Mercedes1:05.85692024Zhou GuanyuKick Sauber Ferrari1:06.061
F1: QualifyingGP Austria
