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F1 Grand Prix qualifying results: Verstappen takes Austrian GP sprint pole
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix sprint race, which takes place on Saturday ahead of Sunday's 11th round of the 2022 F1 World Championship.
Charles Bradley
Edited: Jul 8, 2022, 9:54 PM
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Verstappen will start ahead of the Ferraris of 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.
Both Mercedes drivers – Lewis Hamilton and George Russell – crashed out in Q3, causing red flags.
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Austrian Grand Prix qualifying results: Verstappen on pole from Leclerc
Cla Driver Time Gap km/h 1 Max Verstappen
1'04.984 239.209 2 Charles Leclerc
1'05.013 0.029 239.102 3 Carlos Sainz
1'05.066 0.082 238.908 4 Sergio Perez
1'05.404 0.420 237.673 5 George Russell
1'05.431 0.447 237.575 6 Esteban Ocon
1'05.726 0.742 236.509 7 Kevin Magnussen
1'05.879 0.895 235.959 8 Mick Schumacher
1'06.011 1.027 235.488 9 Fernando Alonso
1'06.103 1.119 235.160 10 Lewis Hamilton
1'13.151 8.167 212.502 11 Pierre Gasly
1'06.160 1.176 234.957 12 Alex Albon
1'06.230 1.246 234.709 13 Valtteri Bottas
1'06.319 1.335 234.394 14 Yuki Tsunoda
1'06.851 1.867 232.529 15 Lando Norris
1'25.847 20.863 181.075 16 Daniel Ricciardo
1'06.613 1.629 233.359 17 Lance Stroll
1'06.847 1.863 232.542 18 Zhou Guanyu
1'06.901 1.917 232.355 19 Nicholas Latifi
1'07.003 2.019 232.001 20 Sebastian Vettel
1'07.083 2.099 231.724 View full results
What happened in Austrian Grand Prix Q1?
Leclerc set the early pace at 1m06.200s, which was quickly beaten by Sergio Perez on 1m06.143s and Verstappen on 1m06.097s, although the latter’s time was deleted for exceeding track limits. Hamilton took P1 with 1m06.079s before Verstappen, Sainz and Leclerc took it away.
Leclerc’s 1m05.419s remained the best time of the session, 0.241s ahead of Sainz and Verstappen.
Falling at the first hurdle were Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren), Lance Stroll (Aston Martin), Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo), Nicholas Latifi (Williams) and Sebastian Vettel (Aston).
Austrian Grand Prix Q1 results: Leclerc fastest from Sainz
Cla Driver Chassis Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 1'05.419 237.619 2 Carlos Sainz
Ferrari 1'05.660 0.241 0.241 236.746 3 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 1'05.852 0.433 0.192 236.056 4 Fernando Alonso
Alpine 1'06.016 0.597 0.164 235.470 5 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 1'06.079 0.660 0.063 235.245 6 Sergio Perez
Red Bull 1'06.143 0.724 0.064 235.018 7 George Russell
Mercedes 1'06.235 0.816 0.092 234.691 8 Lando Norris
McLaren 1'06.330 0.911 0.095 234.355 9 Kevin Magnussen
Haas 1'06.366 0.947 0.036 234.228 10 Mick Schumacher
Haas 1'06.405 0.986 0.039 234.090 11 Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo 1'06.442 1.023 0.037 233.960 12 Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri 1'06.463 1.044 0.021 233.886 13 Esteban Ocon
Alpine 1'06.468 1.049 0.005 233.868 14 Alex Albon
Williams 1'06.516 1.097 0.048 233.700 15 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri 1'06.589 1.170 0.073 233.443 16 Daniel Ricciardo
McLaren 1'06.613 1.194 0.024 233.359 17 Lance Stroll
Aston Martin 1'06.847 1.428 0.234 232.542 18 Zhou Guanyu
Alfa Romeo 1'06.901 1.482 0.054 232.355 19 Nicholas Latifi
Williams 1'07.003 1.584 0.102 232.001 20 Sebastian Vettel
Aston Martin 1'07.083 1.664 0.080 231.724 View full results
What happened in Austrian Grand Prix Q2?
Leclerc set the bar at 1m05.774s, which was quickly cleared by Verstappen on 1m05.568s and then Hamilton on 1m15.538s.
Leclerc improved to 1m05.287s in the closing stages, ending the session 0.087s ahead of Verstappen.
Knocked out at this point were Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri), Alex Albon (Williams), Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo), Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) and a brake-troubled Lando Norris (McLaren), who spent much of the session in run-off zones. Bottas will start from the back of the grid due to power unit component changes.
Austrian Grand Prix Q2 results: Leclerc fastest from Verstappen
Cla Driver Chassis Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 1'05.287 238.099 2 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 1'05.374 0.087 0.087 237.782 3 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 1'05.475 0.188 0.101 237.415 4 Carlos Sainz
Ferrari 1'05.576 0.289 0.101 237.050 5 George Russell
Mercedes 1'05.697 0.410 0.121 236.613 6 Sergio Perez
Red Bull 1'05.805 0.518 0.108 236.225 7 Kevin Magnussen
Haas 1'05.894 0.607 0.089 235.906 8 Esteban Ocon
Alpine 1'05.993 0.706 0.099 235.552 9 Fernando Alonso
Alpine 1'06.082 0.795 0.089 235.235 10 Mick Schumacher
Haas 1'06.151 0.864 0.069 234.989 11 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri 1'06.160 0.873 0.009 234.957 12 Alex Albon
Williams 1'06.230 0.943 0.070 234.709 13 Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo 1'06.319 1.032 0.089 234.394 14 Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri 1'06.851 1.564 0.532 232.529 15 Lando Norris
McLaren 1'25.847 20.560 18.996 181.075 View full results
What happened in Austrian Grand Prix Q3?
On the first runs, Leclerc again set the early pace at 1m05.183s, which Verstappen beat with 1m05.092s. Sainz was two tenths off the pace in third.
Just after the halfway point of the session, Hamilton – who aborted his first effort – crashed into the tyrewall on his second push lap at Turn 7, causing a red flag.
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The final runs were delayed when Russell also spun and slammed backwards into the wall at Turn 10.
That left just time for one more flying lap for the remaining eight cars, with Leclerc grabbing provisional pole with 1m05.013s and Sainz taking P2 with 1m05.066s, but Verstappen saved his best until last with 1m04.984s to take pole in front of an adoring crowd.
Perez will start fourth, ahead of Russell, Esteban Ocon (Alpine), the Haas duo of Kevin Magnussen and Mick Schumacher, Fernando Alonso (Alpine) and Hamilton.
Austrian Grand Prix Q3 results: Verstappen takes pole
Cla Driver Chassis Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 1'04.984 239.209 2 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 1'05.013 0.029 0.029 239.102 3 Carlos Sainz
Ferrari 1'05.066 0.082 0.053 238.908 4 Sergio Perez
Red Bull 1'05.404 0.420 0.338 237.673 5 George Russell
Mercedes 1'05.431 0.447 0.027 237.575 6 Esteban Ocon
Alpine 1'05.726 0.742 0.295 236.509 7 Kevin Magnussen
Haas 1'05.879 0.895 0.153 235.959 8 Mick Schumacher
Haas 1'06.011 1.027 0.132 235.488 9 Fernando Alonso
Alpine 1'06.103 1.119 0.092 235.160 10 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 1'13.151 8.167 7.048 212.502 View full results
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