F1 qualifying results: Max Verstappen takes Austrian GP pole

Verstappen will start ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.

As this is a sprint weekend format, these sessions set the grid for Sunday’s race and have no impact on Saturday’s sprint event.

Austrian Grand Prix qualifying results: Verstappen on pole from Leclerc

Cla	Driver		Time	Gap	km/h
1	Max Verstappen		1'04.391		241.412
2	Charles Leclerc		1'04.439	0.048	241.232
3	Carlos Sainz		1'04.581	0.190	240.702
4	Lando Norris		1'04.658	0.267	240.415
5	Lewis Hamilton		1'04.819	0.428	239.818
6	Lance Stroll		1'04.893	0.502	239.545
7	Fernando Alonso		1'04.911	0.520	239.478
8	Nico Hulkenberg		1'05.090	0.699	238.820
9	Pierre Gasly		1'05.170	0.779	238.526
10	Alex Albon		1'05.823	1.432	236.160
11	George Russell		1'05.428	1.037	237.586
12	Esteban Ocon		1'05.453	1.062	237.495
13	Oscar Piastri		1'05.605	1.214	236.945
14	Valtteri Bottas		1'05.680	1.289	236.674
15	Sergio Perez		2'06.688	1'02.297	122.701
16	Yuki Tsunoda		1'05.784	1.393	236.300
17	Zhou Guanyu		1'05.818	1.427	236.178
18	Logan Sargeant		1'05.948	1.557	235.712
19	Kevin Magnussen		1'05.971	1.580	235.630
20	Nyck de Vries		1'05.974	1.583	235.620
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What happened in Austrian Grand Prix Q1?

Verstappen set the early pace at 1m05.19s, before Valtteri Bottas spun his Alfa Romeo at Turn 1 and caused a red flag.

Verstappen’s original time was deleted for exceeding track limits at the final corner but he beat it anyway on his next legal run, a 1m05.116s, 0.061s ahead of Perez who had Lando Norris (McLaren) just 0.002s behind him.

Falling at the first hurdle were Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri), Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo), Logan Sargeant (Williams), Kevin Magnussen (who suffered a downshift issue with his Haas) and the under-pressure Nyck de Vries (AlphaTauri).

Austrian Grand Prix Q1 results: Verstappen fastest from Perez

Cla	Driver		Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Max Verstappen		12	1'05.116			238.724
2	Sergio Perez		10	1'05.177	0.061	0.061	238.501
3	Carlos Sainz		10	1'05.339	0.223	0.162	237.909
4	Pierre Gasly		9	1'05.515	0.399	0.176	237.270
5	Charles Leclerc		10	1'05.577	0.461	0.062	237.046
6	Lando Norris		12	1'05.617	0.501	0.040	236.902
7	Fernando Alonso		12	1'05.655	0.539	0.038	236.764
8	Lewis Hamilton		11	1'05.673	0.557	0.018	236.700
9	Alex Albon		9	1'05.673	0.557	0.000	236.700
10	Oscar Piastri		10	1'05.683	0.567	0.010	236.663
11	George Russell		12	1'05.686	0.570	0.003	236.653
12	Lance Stroll		10	1'05.710	0.594	0.024	236.566
13	Esteban Ocon		9	1'05.729	0.613	0.019	236.498
14	Nico Hulkenberg		10	1'05.740	0.624	0.011	236.458
15	Valtteri Bottas		8	1'05.763	0.647	0.023	236.376
16	Yuki Tsunoda		10	1'05.784	0.668	0.021	236.300
17	Zhou Guanyu		9	1'05.818	0.702	0.034	236.178
18	Logan Sargeant		9	1'05.948	0.832	0.130	235.712
19	Kevin Magnussen		10	1'05.971	0.855	0.023	235.630
20	Nyck de Vries		10	1'05.974	0.858	0.003	235.620
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What happened in Austrian Grand Prix Q2?

Verstappen set the initial pace at 1m04.955s but again had his time deleted for running too wide at the final turn. Perez also suffered the same fate, promoting Norris to P1 on 1m05.038s.

After double cool laps, Verstappen went even quicker on his second push lap on the tyres with 1m04.951s. Perez had both his laps to that point deleted, so was forced to run again and went P2, just 0.039s off his team-mate – but then had that taken away too, stranding him in 15^th.

Knocked out at this point were George Russell (Mercedes), Esteban Ocon (Alpine), Valtteri Bottas (Alfa), Oscar Piastri (McLaren, who also had Q3-worthy lap deleted) and Perez.

Austrian Grand Prix Q2 results: Verstappen fastest from Sainz

Cla	Driver		Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Max Verstappen		18	1'04.951			239.331
2	Carlos Sainz		19	1'04.975	0.024	0.024	239.242
3	Lando Norris		17	1'05.038	0.087	0.063	239.011
4	Pierre Gasly		15	1'05.084	0.133	0.046	238.842
5	Charles Leclerc		20	1'05.087	0.136	0.003	238.831
6	Lance Stroll		19	1'05.121	0.170	0.034	238.706
7	Fernando Alonso		21	1'05.181	0.230	0.060	238.486
8	Lewis Hamilton		19	1'05.188	0.237	0.007	238.461
9	Nico Hulkenberg		18	1'05.362	0.411	0.174	237.826
10	Alex Albon		15	1'05.387	0.436	0.025	237.735
11	George Russell		21	1'05.428	0.477	0.041	237.586
12	Esteban Ocon		15	1'05.453	0.502	0.025	237.495
13	Oscar Piastri		19	1'05.605	0.654	0.152	236.945
14	Valtteri Bottas		14	1'05.680	0.729	0.075	236.674
15	Sergio Perez		19	2'06.688	1'01.737	1'01.008	122.701
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What happened in Austrian Grand Prix Q3?

On the first runs, Verstappen unleashed a 1m04.503s, two tenths ahead of the Ferraris of Leclerc and Sainz.

On the final runs, Verstappen improved to 1m04.391s, just 0.048s ahead of Leclerc.

Sainz was third fastest, two tenths off, ahead of Norris, Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), the Aston Martins  of Lance Stroll Fernando Alonso, Nico Hulkenberg (Haas), Pierre Gasly (Alpine) and Alex Albon (Williams).

Austrian Grand Prix Q3 results: Verstappen takes pole

Cla	Driver		Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Max Verstappen		24	1'04.391			241.412
2	Charles Leclerc		26	1'04.439	0.048	0.048	241.232
3	Carlos Sainz		25	1'04.581	0.190	0.142	240.702
4	Lando Norris		23	1'04.658	0.267	0.077	240.415
5	Lewis Hamilton		25	1'04.819	0.428	0.161	239.818
6	Lance Stroll		25	1'04.893	0.502	0.074	239.545
7	Fernando Alonso		27	1'04.911	0.520	0.018	239.478
8	Nico Hulkenberg		24	1'05.090	0.699	0.179	238.820
9	Pierre Gasly		21	1'05.170	0.779	0.080	238.526
10	Alex Albon		21	1'05.823	1.432	0.653	236.160
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