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F1 results: Max Verstappen wins Austrian GP sprint
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won Saturday’s Austrian Grand Prix sprint event, ahead of Sunday’s ninth round of the 2023 Formula 1 World Championship, at the Red Bull Ring.
Charles Bradley
Edited: Jul 2, 2023, 7:53 AM
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The Red Bull duo of Verstappen and Sergio Perez swapped the lead on the opening lap with some robust driving between the team-mates, each blaming the other.
But Verstappen got clear as Perez got trapped behind Nico Hulkenberg’s Haas for a dozen laps, and motored away to another dominant victory, with all the action happening behind as the track dried and some switched to slicks.
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2023 F1 Austrian sprint results
Cla Driver Laps Time Gap Interval Points 1 Max Verstappen
24 30'26.730 8 2 Sergio Perez
24 30'47.778 21.048 21.048 7 3 Carlos Sainz
24 30'49.818 23.088 2.040 6 4 Lance Stroll
24 30'56.433 29.703 6.615 5 5 Fernando Alonso
24 30'56.839 30.109 0.406 4 6 Nico Hulkenberg
24 30'58.027 31.297 1.188 3 7 Esteban Ocon
24 31'03.332 36.602 5.305 2 8 George Russell
24 31'03.341 36.611 0.009 1 9 Lando Norris
24 31'05.338 38.608 1.997 10 Lewis Hamilton
24 31'13.105 46.375 7.767 11 Oscar Piastri
24 31'16.537 49.807 3.432 12 Charles Leclerc
24 31'17.519 50.789 0.982 13 Alex Albon
24 31'19.578 52.848 2.059 14 Kevin Magnussen
24 31'23.323 56.593 3.745 15 Pierre Gasly
24 31'24.382 57.652 1.059 16 Yuki Tsunoda
24 31'31.552 1'04.822 7.170 17 Nyck de Vries
24 31'32.347 1'05.617 0.795 18 Logan Sargeant
24 31'32.789 1'06.059 0.442 19 Zhou Guanyu
24 31'37.555 1'10.825 4.766 20 Valtteri Bottas
24 31'43.165 1'16.435 5.610 View full results
How the 2023 F1 Austrian sprint unfolded
On a damp track, Perez took the lead at Turn 1 and then edged Verstappen onto the grass on the exit of the first corner. The Red Bulls then almost banged wheels at Turn 3 and Turn 5, allowing Hulkenberg up to second – behind Verstappen but in front of Perez.
Perez took until lap 12 to pass Hulkenberg for second but was already 10s behind Verstappen. Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz passed Hulkenberg a lap later for third.
DRS was enabled on lap 17, which allowed the Aston Martins of Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso to pass Hulkenberg too – which led to Hulkenberg pitting for slicks, along with Mercedes’ George Russell and Lewis Hamilton, who’d both started from near the tail of the field.
Verstappen beat Perez by 21s, ahead of Sainz, the battling Stroll and Alonso, a fast-closing Hulkenberg (first home on slicks), Esteban Ocon (Alpine) and Russell (who crossed the line side by side), Lando Norris (McLaren) and Hamilton.
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2023 F1 Austrian sprint fastest laps
Cla Driver Lap Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Nico Hulkenberg
24 1'10.180 221.499 2 Oscar Piastri
24 1'10.274 0.094 0.094 221.202 3 George Russell
23 1'10.385 0.205 0.111 220.853 4 Kevin Magnussen
23 1'10.539 0.359 0.154 220.371 5 Charles Leclerc
24 1'10.686 0.506 0.147 219.913 6 Lewis Hamilton
24 1'10.775 0.595 0.089 219.636 7 Zhou Guanyu
22 1'11.305 1.125 0.530 218.004 8 Yuki Tsunoda
23 1'11.363 1.183 0.058 217.827 9 Alex Albon
24 1'11.635 1.455 0.272 217.000 10 Nyck de Vries
22 1'11.701 1.521 0.066 216.800 11 Logan Sargeant
21 1'11.829 1.649 0.128 216.413 12 Max Verstappen
19 1'14.292 4.112 2.463 209.239 13 Fernando Alonso
18 1'14.978 4.798 0.686 207.324 14 Carlos Sainz
16 1'15.457 5.277 0.479 206.008 15 Sergio Perez
16 1'15.492 5.312 0.035 205.913 16 Esteban Ocon
22 1'15.512 5.332 0.020 205.858 17 Lance Stroll
23 1'15.531 5.351 0.019 205.806 18 Lando Norris
19 1'15.627 5.447 0.096 205.545 19 Pierre Gasly
22 1'16.109 5.929 0.482 204.243 20 Valtteri Bottas
22 1'16.758 6.578 0.649 202.517 View full results
What happened in sprint shootout qualifying?
This was the second weekend run to the latest sprint race weekend format, featuring the sprint shootout qualifying sessions.
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Austrian Grand Prix sprint shootout results: Verstappen on pole from Perez
Cla Driver Time Gap km/h 1 Max Verstappen
1'04.440 241.229 2 Sergio Perez
1'04.933 0.493 239.397 3 Lando Norris
1'05.010 0.570 239.113 4 Nico Hulkenberg
1'05.084 0.644 238.842 5 Carlos Sainz
1'05.136 0.696 238.651 6 Fernando Alonso
1'05.258 0.818 238.205 7 Lance Stroll
1'05.347 0.907 237.880 8 Esteban Ocon
1'05.366 0.926 237.811 9 Charles Leclerc
1'05.245 0.805 238.252 10 Kevin Magnussen
1'05.912 1.472 235.841 11 Alex Albon
1'06.152 1.712 234.986 12 Pierre Gasly
1'06.360 1.920 234.249 13 Yuki Tsunoda
1'06.369 1.929 234.217 14 Nyck de Vries
1'06.593 2.153 233.429 15 George Russell
16 Zhou Guanyu
1'07.062 2.622 231.797 17 Oscar Piastri
1'07.106 2.666 231.645 18 Lewis Hamilton
1'07.282 2.842 231.039 19 Valtteri Bottas
1'07.291 2.851 231.008 20 Logan Sargeant
1'07.426 2.986 230.546 View full results
What happened in Austrian Grand Prix SQ1?
On a damp but drying track, times tumbled towards the end. Ferrari endured a wild session, with Sainz suffering a braking issue that cost him valuable track time but shooting to the top of the times with his first flying lap of 1m06.187s.
Meanwhile, Leclerc only just scraped through by 0.001s. But Mercedes suffered even worse, with Hamilton not making it through, after having a laptime deleted and then getting mixed-up with Verstappen, and Russell reporting a hydraulic failure.
Falling at the first hurdle were Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo), Oscar Piastri (McLaren), Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas (Alfa) and Logan Sargeant (Williams).
Austrian Grand Prix SQ1 results: Sainz fastest from Verstappen
Cla Driver Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Carlos Sainz
5 1'06.187 234.861 2 Max Verstappen
9 1'06.236 0.049 0.049 234.688 3 Nico Hulkenberg
9 1'06.548 0.361 0.312 233.587 4 Lance Stroll
10 1'06.569 0.382 0.021 233.514 5 Fernando Alonso
10 1'06.611 0.424 0.042 233.366 6 Kevin Magnussen
9 1'06.629 0.442 0.018 233.303 7 George Russell
10 1'06.653 0.466 0.024 233.219 8 Nyck de Vries
10 1'06.704 0.517 0.051 233.041 9 Lando Norris
9 1'06.723 0.536 0.019 232.975 10 Esteban Ocon
10 1'06.840 0.653 0.117 232.567 11 Pierre Gasly
10 1'06.873 0.686 0.033 232.452 12 Alex Albon
10 1'06.892 0.705 0.019 232.386 13 Yuki Tsunoda
10 1'06.896 0.709 0.004 232.372 14 Sergio Perez
9 1'06.924 0.737 0.028 232.275 15 Charles Leclerc
10 1'07.061 0.874 0.137 231.800 16 Zhou Guanyu
9 1'07.062 0.875 0.001 231.797 17 Oscar Piastri
10 1'07.106 0.919 0.044 231.645 18 Lewis Hamilton
9 1'07.282 1.095 0.176 231.039 19 Valtteri Bottas
9 1'07.291 1.104 0.009 231.008 20 Logan Sargeant
10 1'07.426 1.239 0.135 230.546 View full results
What happened in Austrian Grand Prix SQ2?
Verstappen set the quickest time on his final lap of the session, a 1m05.371s that was 0.063s ahead of Sainz.
Knocked out at this point were Alex Albon (Williams), Pierre Gasly (Alpine), Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri), Nyck de Vries (AlphaTauri) and Russell (who was stranded in the pits).
Austrian Grand Prix SQ2 results: Verstappen fastest from Sainz
Cla Driver Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Max Verstappen
17 1'05.371 237.793 2 Carlos Sainz
12 1'05.434 0.063 0.063 237.564 3 Esteban Ocon
18 1'05.604 0.233 0.170 236.948 4 Charles Leclerc
18 1'05.673 0.302 0.069 236.700 5 Lando Norris
17 1'05.699 0.328 0.026 236.606 6 Kevin Magnussen
17 1'05.730 0.359 0.031 236.494 7 Fernando Alonso
18 1'05.759 0.388 0.029 236.390 8 Sergio Perez
17 1'05.836 0.465 0.077 236.113 9 Lance Stroll
18 1'05.914 0.543 0.078 235.834 10 Nico Hulkenberg
17 1'06.091 0.720 0.177 235.202 11 Alex Albon
18 1'06.152 0.781 0.061 234.986 12 Pierre Gasly
16 1'06.360 0.989 0.208 234.249 13 Yuki Tsunoda
18 1'06.369 0.998 0.009 234.217 14 Nyck de Vries
18 1'06.593 1.222 0.224 233.429 15 George Russell
10 View full results
What happened in Austrian Grand Prix SQ3?
Verstappen had the luxury of two new sets of soft tyres and he rocketed to pole, first with a 1m04.613s and then a 1m04.440s. Team-mate Perez was almost half a second slower.
Norris was best of the rest, only 0.077s shy of Perez, ahead of Nico Hulkenberg (Haas), Sainz (who ran out of new softs), Leclerc, the Aston Martins of Alonso and Stroll (who split their tyre strategy and got almost the same outcome), Esteban Ocon (Alpine) and Kevin Magnussen (Haas).
Austrian Grand Prix SQ3 results: Verstappen takes sprint pole
Cla Driver Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Max Verstappen
23 1'04.440 241.229 2 Sergio Perez
23 1'04.933 0.493 0.493 239.397 3 Lando Norris
23 1'05.010 0.570 0.077 239.113 4 Nico Hulkenberg
23 1'05.084 0.644 0.074 238.842 5 Carlos Sainz
18 1'05.136 0.696 0.052 238.651 6 Charles Leclerc
23 1'05.245 0.805 0.109 238.252 7 Fernando Alonso
24 1'05.258 0.818 0.013 238.205 8 Lance Stroll
24 1'05.347 0.907 0.089 237.880 9 Esteban Ocon
24 1'05.366 0.926 0.019 237.811 10 Kevin Magnussen
23 1'05.912 1.472 0.546 235.841 View full results
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