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F1 qualifying results: Max Verstappen takes Austrian GP pole
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took pole position for Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix, the ninth round of the Formula 1 World Championship, but team-mate Sergio Perez suffered another qualifying nightmare.
Charles Bradley
Edited: Jun 30, 2023, 6:35 PM
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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.
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Austrian Grand Prix qualifying results: Verstappen on pole from Leclerc
Cla Driver Time Gap km/h 1 Max Verstappen
1'04.391 241.412 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 View full results
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).
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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 View full results
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 15th.
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.
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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 View full results
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 and Fernando Alonso, Nico Hulkenberg (Haas), Pierre Gasly (Alpine) and Alex Albon (Williams).
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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 View full results
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