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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.

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 Netherlands Max Verstappen
1'04.984 239.209
2 Monaco Charles Leclerc
1'05.013 0.029 239.102
3 Spain Carlos Sainz
1'05.066 0.082 238.908
4 Mexico Sergio Perez
1'05.404 0.420 237.673
5 United Kingdom George Russell
1'05.431 0.447 237.575
6 France Esteban Ocon
1'05.726 0.742 236.509
7 Denmark Kevin Magnussen
1'05.879 0.895 235.959
8 Germany Mick Schumacher
1'06.011 1.027 235.488
9 Spain Fernando Alonso
1'06.103 1.119 235.160
10 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
1'13.151 8.167 212.502
11 France Pierre Gasly
1'06.160 1.176 234.957
12 Thailand Alex Albon
1'06.230 1.246 234.709
13 Finland Valtteri Bottas
1'06.319 1.335 234.394
14 Japan Yuki Tsunoda
1'06.851 1.867 232.529
15 United Kingdom Lando Norris
1'25.847 20.863 181.075
16 Australia Daniel Ricciardo
1'06.613 1.629 233.359
17 Canada Lance Stroll
1'06.847 1.863 232.542
18 China Zhou Guanyu
1'06.901 1.917 232.355
19 Canada Nicholas Latifi
1'07.003 2.019 232.001
20 Germany Sebastian Vettel
1'07.083 2.099 231.724

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 Monaco Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 1'05.419 237.619
2 Spain Carlos Sainz
Ferrari 1'05.660 0.241 0.241 236.746
3 Netherlands Max Verstappen
Red Bull 1'05.852 0.433 0.192 236.056
4 Spain Fernando Alonso
Alpine 1'06.016 0.597 0.164 235.470
5 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 1'06.079 0.660 0.063 235.245
6 Mexico Sergio Perez
Red Bull 1'06.143 0.724 0.064 235.018
7 United Kingdom George Russell
Mercedes 1'06.235 0.816 0.092 234.691
8 United Kingdom Lando Norris
McLaren 1'06.330 0.911 0.095 234.355
9 Denmark Kevin Magnussen
Haas 1'06.366 0.947 0.036 234.228
10 Germany Mick Schumacher
Haas 1'06.405 0.986 0.039 234.090
11 Finland Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo 1'06.442 1.023 0.037 233.960
12 Japan Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri 1'06.463 1.044 0.021 233.886
13 France Esteban Ocon
Alpine 1'06.468 1.049 0.005 233.868
14 Thailand Alex Albon
Williams 1'06.516 1.097 0.048 233.700
15 France Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri 1'06.589 1.170 0.073 233.443
16 Australia Daniel Ricciardo
McLaren 1'06.613 1.194 0.024 233.359
17 Canada Lance Stroll
Aston Martin 1'06.847 1.428 0.234 232.542
18 China Zhou Guanyu
Alfa Romeo 1'06.901 1.482 0.054 232.355
19 Canada Nicholas Latifi
Williams 1'07.003 1.584 0.102 232.001
20 Germany Sebastian Vettel
Aston Martin 1'07.083 1.664 0.080 231.724

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 Monaco Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 1'05.287 238.099
2 Netherlands Max Verstappen
Red Bull 1'05.374 0.087 0.087 237.782
3 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 1'05.475 0.188 0.101 237.415
4 Spain Carlos Sainz
Ferrari 1'05.576 0.289 0.101 237.050
5 United Kingdom George Russell
Mercedes 1'05.697 0.410 0.121 236.613
6 Mexico Sergio Perez
Red Bull 1'05.805 0.518 0.108 236.225
7 Denmark Kevin Magnussen
Haas 1'05.894 0.607 0.089 235.906
8 France Esteban Ocon
Alpine 1'05.993 0.706 0.099 235.552
9 Spain Fernando Alonso
Alpine 1'06.082 0.795 0.089 235.235
10 Germany Mick Schumacher
Haas 1'06.151 0.864 0.069 234.989
11 France Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri 1'06.160 0.873 0.009 234.957
12 Thailand Alex Albon
Williams 1'06.230 0.943 0.070 234.709
13 Finland Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo 1'06.319 1.032 0.089 234.394
14 Japan Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri 1'06.851 1.564 0.532 232.529
15 United Kingdom Lando Norris
McLaren 1'25.847 20.560 18.996 181.075

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 Netherlands Max Verstappen
Red Bull 1'04.984 239.209
2 Monaco Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 1'05.013 0.029 0.029 239.102
3 Spain Carlos Sainz
Ferrari 1'05.066 0.082 0.053 238.908
4 Mexico Sergio Perez
Red Bull 1'05.404 0.420 0.338 237.673
5 United Kingdom George Russell
Mercedes 1'05.431 0.447 0.027 237.575
6 France Esteban Ocon
Alpine 1'05.726 0.742 0.295 236.509
7 Denmark Kevin Magnussen
Haas 1'05.879 0.895 0.153 235.959
8 Germany Mick Schumacher
Haas 1'06.011 1.027 0.132 235.488
9 Spain Fernando Alonso
Alpine 1'06.103 1.119 0.092 235.160
10 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 1'13.151 8.167 7.048 212.502

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