Austrian Grand Prix qualifying – Start time, how to watch, channel & more
The 2020 Formula 1 season will kick off with the Austrian Grand Prix on July 3-5. Here’s how and when you can watch qualifying in your country.
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Following the coronavirus-induced hiatus, F1 will finally return to action at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg this weekend.
This would mark F1’s first championship race since last year’s season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, after plans to start the new campaign in Australia in March were scuppered at the last minute.
With the reversed grid proposal rejected by Mercedes, F1 will rely on the traditional qualifying system to determine the grid for what would be the first of two races to be held at the Austrian circuit on back-to-back weekends.
All 20 cars will head on track for the 18-minute Q1 session from which the 15 fastest drivers will progress to the second leg of qualifying. Five more drivers will be eliminated in the 15-minute Q2 session, leaving 10 drivers to battle it out for pole position in Q3, which will be run over 12 minutes.
What time does qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix start?
Qualifying will kick off at 3pm local time in Austria and conclude at 4pm local time.
- Date: Saturday 4th July 2020
- Start time: 3pm CEST / 2pm BST / 9am ET / 6am PT / 11pm AEST / 6:30pm IST
Can’t find your country or region in the list? Check the schedule page for the broadcast times in your local timezone.
How can I watch qualifying?
Formula 1 is broadcast live in nearly every country around the world.
Europe: Viewers in the UK can tune into Sky Sports F1 to watch qualifying, while Sky TV will also broadcast the session in Italy. RTL will show the race in Germany, Movistar will telecast it in Spain and Canal+ will carry the coverage in France.
North America: Qualifying will be broadcast in the US on ESPN, in Mexico on Tudn and in Canada on TSN/RDS.
Asia: Most of Asia is covered by Fox Sports, including India where F1 is broadcast by sister channel Star Sports Select 2. Fuji TV Next will carry live qualifying coverage in Japan.
Oceanica: Fox Sports 506 will bring live coverage of qualifying to viewers in Australia. Spark Sport will show qualifying in New Zealand.
Can I stream qualifying?
Viewers from selected countries can subscribe to F1 TV to stream qualifying on a device of their choice. Some local broadcasters such as Sky TV also offer their own on-demand service.
Live commentary
Motorsport.com is presenting its live coverage of qualifying straight from the Red Bull Ring. Click here for live text updates and pictures from the Austrian Grand Prix qualifying.
First practice (FP1) results:
Cla | Driver | Chassis | Laps | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Lewis Hamilton
|
Mercedes | 42 | 1'04.816 | |
2 |
Valtteri Bottas
|
Mercedes | 38 | 1'05.172 | 0.356 |
3 |
Max Verstappen
|
Red Bull | 37 | 1'05.418 | 0.602 |
4 |
Carlos Sainz Jr.
|
McLaren | 41 | 1'05.431 | 0.615 |
5 |
Sergio Perez
|
Racing Point | 33 | 1'05.512 | 0.696 |
6 |
Lando Norris
|
McLaren | 41 | 1'05.621 | 0.805 |
7 |
Alex Albon
|
Red Bull | 29 | 1'05.701 | 0.885 |
8 |
Daniel Ricciardo
|
Renault | 29 | 1'05.860 | 1.044 |
9 |
Kevin Magnussen
|
Haas | 27 | 1'05.907 | 1.091 |
10 |
Charles Leclerc
|
Ferrari | 31 | 1'05.924 | 1.108 |
11 |
Lance Stroll
|
Racing Point | 34 | 1'06.074 | 1.258 |
12 |
Sebastian Vettel
|
Ferrari | 32 | 1'06.077 | 1.261 |
13 |
Esteban Ocon
|
Renault | 22 | 1'06.270 | 1.454 |
14 |
Antonio Giovinazzi
|
Alfa Romeo | 24 | 1'06.360 | 1.544 |
15 |
Kimi Raikkonen
|
Alfa Romeo | 28 | 1'06.365 | 1.549 |
16 |
Pierre Gasly
|
AlphaTauri | 25 | 1'06.404 | 1.588 |
17 |
George Russell
|
Williams | 27 | 1'06.495 | 1.679 |
18 |
Nicholas Latifi
|
Williams | 31 | 1'06.906 | 2.090 |
19 |
Daniil Kvyat
|
AlphaTauri | 19 | 1'06.943 | 2.127 |
20 |
Romain Grosjean
|
Haas | 6 | 1'46.361 | 41.545 |
View full results |
Second practice (FP2) results:
Cla | Driver | Chassis | Laps | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Lewis Hamilton
|
Mercedes | 42 | 1'04.304 | |
2 |
Valtteri Bottas
|
Mercedes | 37 | 1'04.501 | 0.197 |
3 |
Sergio Perez
|
Racing Point | 48 | 1'04.945 | 0.641 |
4 |
Sebastian Vettel
|
Ferrari | 48 | 1'04.961 | 0.657 |
5 |
Daniel Ricciardo
|
Renault | 36 | 1'04.972 | 0.668 |
6 |
Lando Norris
|
McLaren | 38 | 1'05.087 | 0.783 |
7 |
Lance Stroll
|
Racing Point | 48 | 1'05.135 | 0.831 |
8 |
Max Verstappen
|
Red Bull | 41 | 1'05.215 | 0.911 |
9 |
Charles Leclerc
|
Ferrari | 46 | 1'05.298 | 0.994 |
10 |
Carlos Sainz Jr.
|
McLaren | 37 | 1'05.352 | 1.048 |
11 |
Esteban Ocon
|
Renault | 42 | 1'05.415 | 1.111 |
12 |
Daniil Kvyat
|
AlphaTauri | 34 | 1'05.443 | 1.139 |
13 |
Alex Albon
|
Red Bull | 47 | 1'05.453 | 1.149 |
14 |
Antonio Giovinazzi
|
Alfa Romeo | 49 | 1'05.608 | 1.304 |
15 |
Kevin Magnussen
|
Haas | 44 | 1'05.678 | 1.374 |
16 |
Romain Grosjean
|
Haas | 50 | 1'05.908 | 1.604 |
17 |
Pierre Gasly
|
AlphaTauri | 51 | 1'06.016 | 1.712 |
18 |
George Russell
|
Williams | 40 | 1'06.125 | 1.821 |
19 |
Kimi Raikkonen
|
Alfa Romeo | 44 | 1'06.278 | 1.974 |
20 |
Nicholas Latifi
|
Williams | 45 | 1'07.124 | 2.820 |
View full results |
Third practice (FP3) results:
Cla | Driver | Chassis | Laps | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Lewis Hamilton
|
Mercedes | 21 | 1'04.130 | |
2 |
Valtteri Bottas
|
Mercedes | 22 | 1'04.277 | 0.147 |
3 |
Max Verstappen
|
Red Bull | 20 | 1'04.413 | 0.283 |
4 |
Sergio Perez
|
Racing Point | 19 | 1'04.605 | 0.475 |
5 |
Charles Leclerc
|
Ferrari | 19 | 1'04.703 | 0.573 |
6 |
Alex Albon
|
Red Bull | 22 | 1'04.725 | 0.595 |
7 |
Sebastian Vettel
|
Ferrari | 20 | 1'04.851 | 0.721 |
8 |
Lance Stroll
|
Racing Point | 18 | 1'04.918 | 0.788 |
9 |
Pierre Gasly
|
AlphaTauri | 19 | 1'04.949 | 0.819 |
10 |
Lando Norris
|
McLaren | 22 | 1'04.950 | 0.820 |
11 |
Esteban Ocon
|
Renault | 11 | 1'05.037 | 0.907 |
12 |
Daniel Ricciardo
|
Renault | 13 | 1'05.088 | 0.958 |
13 |
Carlos Sainz Jr.
|
McLaren | 24 | 1'05.177 | 1.047 |
14 |
Daniil Kvyat
|
AlphaTauri | 24 | 1'05.290 | 1.160 |
15 |
Romain Grosjean
|
Haas | 18 | 1'05.363 | 1.233 |
16 |
George Russell
|
Williams | 21 | 1'05.565 | 1.435 |
17 |
Kevin Magnussen
|
Haas | 18 | 1'05.648 | 1.518 |
18 |
Antonio Giovinazzi
|
Alfa Romeo | 16 | 1'05.654 | 1.524 |
19 |
Kimi Raikkonen
|
Alfa Romeo | 19 | 1'05.773 | 1.643 |
20 |
Nicholas Latifi
|
Williams | 6 | 1'07.049 | 2.919 |
View full results |
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