F1 qualifying

Hamilton was gunning for pole position at the Red Bull Ring with his Mercedes seemingly performing well, but his chances were scuppered as he crashed in the ...

But Verstappen improved again to make sure a Red Bull would be on pole at the team's home track. There was a huge cheers when the Mercedes crashed, as the fans at the Red Bull Ring made it clear where their loyalties lied. His Mercedes was looking strong during qualifying at the Red Bull Ring, and his team felt the hot lap he was on might have secured a place on the front row.

Max Verstappen took pole position ahead of the Sprint in a dramatic Friday evening qualifying session – with both Mercedes drivers crashing out – at the Red ...

And this time for the other Mercedes driver – Russell walking away from this one – who spun and crashed at the final corner to pause proceedings with two-and-a-half minutes on the clock. Leclerc and Verstappen improved, the former 0.087s ahead of the latter, while Hamilton was third by a margin of 0.188s to keep Sainz fourth. But of course very happy with pole; but I also know that tomorrow and Sunday, you can get the points. Tsunoda got tail-happy at Turn 1 and his frustration was audible as he took a provisional P14 for the Sprint – with Norris last having had three laps struck off. With five minutes remaining, Bottas was the driver at risk in P10 with Red Bull’s Perez 0.139s behind having gone wide at Turn 9, and Norris having had two lap times deleted thanks to separate excursions at Turn 1 and Turn 4 to sit last. Head here to see how you can catch the action on F1 TV. It definitely brings a smile on my face and I hope we can make it a great weekend." Max Verstappen: "It was a very long wait between the two runs and that’s never great, once you’re in the rhythm, it’s nice to just keep on going. He walked away, but will start a provisional 10th for the Sprint. Neither Aston Martin progressed to the next session either, Vettel 20th with a deleted lap time while Stroll fared better in P17. Mercedes’s Hamilton topped the charts early in Q2, his team mate Russell third, while Verstappen split the pair, 0.033s off the pace. Alex Albon took 12th for Williams ahead of Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas in P13, while Lando Norris was 15th for McLaren having had numerous Q2 laps delete for exceeding track limits.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen has snatched a last-gasp pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix, pipping the two Ferrari drivers by mere hundredths of a second ...

- Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing +0.724 - Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +0.660 - Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing +0.433 - Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing +0.518 - George Russell Mercedes +0.410 - Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +0.188 - Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing +0.087 - Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +8.167 - George Russell Mercedes +0.447 - Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing +0.420 - Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:04.984 His closest competitor in Q2 was Verstappen, with the reigning World Champion setting the fastest time of practice earlier on Friday.

Max Verstappen dramatically beat Formula 1 rival Charles Leclerc to snatch a late pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix sprint race as the genuine ...

But Verstappen pulled it out of the bag by recovering the lost ground through the final sector to score what might have been an unlikely pole. The Aston Martin driver had initially lapped quicker than his teammate only to be sent to the bottom of the times when he exceeded track limits at Turn 10 to have his time deleted. Stroll was a multiple track limits offender, running wide at Turn 10 - the final corner - to have his current and next lap scrubbed off before he then pushed his luck at Turn 1. As teammate Norris ended the first 18-minute part of qualifying in eighth, despite running off road at Turn 3, Ricciardo managed only 16th to lose out to the AlphaTauri of Gasly. At his next attempt, he ran well deep at Turn 1 and had to abort the corner. The McLaren driver started the 15-minute dice by oversteering at Turn 3 before enduring masses of understeer at Turn 4 to clip the gravel and have his lap time deleted. Norris had been the major casualty of Q2, having ended the first part of qualifying in eighth, despite running off road at Turn 3, to massively put teammate Ricciardo in the shade. He then progressed into the final part of qualifying at his last attempt, finishing Q2 in sixth, only to then be noted for running over the white lines at the left-right transition through the Turn 7-8 open chicane after the session had ended and positions 11-15 decided. In the first of the Mercedes shunts, Hamilton had brought out the red flags in Q3 with 5m29s to go after shunting into the barrier at Turn 7. The seven-time champion, who had just oversteered out of Turn 6, was marginally wide of the apex, which caused the rear of his Mercedes W13 to snap out of control. Leclerc was first across the line to begin his final thrust for pole, only to drop a tenth in the first sector to Verstappen. Hamilton, meanwhile, was shuffled down to 10th as a legacy of his incident that occurred inside the first half of the final 10-minute part of qualifying.

Lewis Hamilton says he has no answer for his Formula 1 qualifying crash in Austria on Friday that left him “incredibly disappointed”, believing a top-three ...

Sorry to the team and to the guys in the garage.” Things went from bad to worse for the Silver Arrows later in qualifying as Hamilton’s team-mate, George Russell, also crashed out, losing control at the final corner. “We were fighting for top three, I think.

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 ...

Time Time Bottas will start from the back of the grid due to power unit component changes. Time Hamilton took P1 with 1m06.079s before Verstappen, Sainz and Leclerc took it away. Time

Live coverage of Friday's Formula 1 qualifying session for the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg.

Max Verstappen hit the ground running on a bumper Austrian GP weekend by storming clear in first practice ahead of Charles Leclerc, with Ferrari and ...

F1 2022 heads to Austria this weekend, and the Sprint is back! 3.30pm: Austrian GP Sprint 12.30am: Grand Prix Sunday: Austrian GP Build-up 2.30pm: Austrian GP Sprint Build-up 4pm: Austrian GP Qualifying 3.30pm: Austrian GP Qualifying Build-up

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen narrowly saw off the two Ferraris in Friday qualifying of Formula 1's Austrian Grand Prix sprint weekend.

— Formula 1 (@F1)July 8, 2022 He had set no competitive time and was therefore last in Q3. — Formula 1 (@F1)July 8, 2022 — Formula 1 (@F1)July 8, 2022 Potentially hampered by his limited mileage in FP1 – and with an older engine having been fitted to his McLaren – Norris never managed to get a clean lap in Q2, his final attempt unravelling after he had a minor Turn 4 lock-up, caught the gravel at Turn 6 and then had the lap erased anyway due to a track limits infringement. Gasly’s team-mate Yuki Tsunoda had been the quicker AlphaTauri driver in Q1 but had to settle for 14th, his final attempt to make Q3 going awry immediately with a slide through Turn 1. Ocon’s team-mate Fernando Alonso was slower in Q3 than in the previous two segments and had to settle for ninth, with Ocon and he split by the Haas duo of Kevin Magnussen and Mick Schumacher. The fact this was announced as a post-session investigation rather than being a straight laptime deletion suggested it may have been missed originally and may have been a lap that secured his participation in Q3, to begin with. The Monegasque trailed Verstappen’s time by two tenths after the first two sectors, but jumped out ahead by a tenth – with Carlos Sainz briefly backing up a provisional Ferrari 1-2, only for Verstappen to respond with a 1m04.984s. With the red flag back out, Russell climbed out of his Mercedes and crossed the track to enter the pitlane – this action was immediately placed under investigation by the stewards as an apparent case of “entering the track without permission”. At the time of that particular red flag, with 5m29s left on the clock, Verstappen led Leclerc by just under a tenth – the Monegasque deeply irritated to have encountered none other than Hamilton coming out of the penultimate corner. Lewis Hamilton was two tenths up on Mercedes team-mate George Russell in both Q1 and Q2 and looking like a potential contender for the front row, but lost the rear through the Turn 7 left-hander, unable to catch his W13 and crunching its front right against the barriers.

Lewis Hamilton says that he is “incredibly disappointed” with himself after he crashed out of qualifying in Austria on Friday. Hamilton lost control of his ...

“I’m in encouraged, for sure,” he said. “I’m incredibly disappointed in myself, ultimately,” Hamilton said. “I never like to damage it or bring it back damaged.

Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes teammate George Russel crashed in qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix as Max Verstappen took pole position for Saturday's ...

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McLaren endured a tough Friday in Austria that ended with Lando Norris qualifying 15th and Daniel Ricciardo 16th for the Sprint – mechanical issues to blame ...

Mclaren are just six points ahead of Alpine before the Sprint, which pays out points for the top-eight finishers. I have the confidence in the car when things are working to be in Q3 but just the engine issue this morning, lost a lot of laps, and they were low-fuel laps – so Q1 was my first feeling of low-fuel, higher grip. So, yes, try to just be an adult in this situation.

Max Verstappen secured pole position in qualifying at the Austrian Grand Prix weekend, meaning he'll line up P1 for Saturday's Sprint.

READ MORE: Verstappen beats Ferraris to pole in Austria as both Mercedes crash out of Q3 Max Verstappen secured pole position in qualifying at the Austrian Grand Prix weekend, meaning he’ll line up P1 for Saturday’s Sprint. And while it was a relatively straightforward session for the Dutchman, for Mercedes it was anything but. HIGHLIGHTS: Relive a frantic Red Bull Ring qualifying as Verstappen takes pole – and both Mercedes crash out

Lewis Hamilton said he was "incredibly disappointed" in himself after his crash in Austrian GP qualifying as Mercedes suffered two shunts in a matter of ...

Collectively with F1, with you guys, we need to educate people." "We know we've brought things to the car. "Even though you can think we would have some animosity out there. Hopefully I can make up for some lost time." We weren't expecting for it to be as close as that today. Russell said Mercedes' qualifying was their best in terms of pace, worst in terms of outcome". He was a tenth up on his lap before his spin and he added he "could have been P4 for sure".

Lewis Hamilton crashed out of qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix after a heavy shunt at turn seven. The Mercedes star suffered a loss of traction midway ...

Team-mate George Russell was then involved in a huge accident at turn 10 minutes after the session was restarted. His car was destroyed in the incident with heavy damage on the front right hand side. The Mercedes star suffered a loss of traction midway through the corner which chucked him off the track.

We'll update the sprint race results until the full racing grid is set for Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring.

1 1 The day prior, a sprint race will take place at 10:25 a.m. ET, also airing on ESPN2. The race is 100 kilometers, which is roughly a third the length of Sunday’s race.