F1 Austrian GP: Lando Norris credits pole, Max Verstappen
Lando Norris stormed to lead for the Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix as his dominant weekend in Spielberg continued.
The McLaren motorist had sat out of FP1 however ever since he has led the way in every session and was untouchable in a Q3 session that was tempered by a late yellow flag.
Norris’ blistering pace saw him seal pole with the most significant gap of the season to date, his lap of 1m03.971 s more than enough to keep Leclerc behind him– although the Ferrari chauffeur will be delighted to have divided the McLarens.
Championship leader Oscar Piastri will begin third after a spin for the Alpine of Pierre Gasly ruined the last lap of the McLaren chauffeur, as well as the Red Bull of Max Verstappen– who will start seventh having actually taken pole position for the past four Austrian Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton will start fourth for Ferrari with George Russell 5th and Liam Lawson impressing by taking 6th for Racing Bulls.
With Verstappen down in seventh he will begin together with the Sauber of Gabriel Bortoleto, who followed up his F2 win in Styria in 2015 by putting in his finest F1 qualifying efficiency of his novice season.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli was ninth for Mercedes with Gasly’s unfortunate spin leaving him 10th.
Marshals extinguish a trackside fire in Q2 during qualifying Picture by
: Sam Bagnall/ Sutton Images via Getty Images A warning in Q2 due to a fire at the side of the last corner, where Hamilton had actually run wide, implied that all 15 motorists were pushing for quick laps when the session resumed with a little over 5 minutes remaining.
Bortoleto put in a spectacular effort as Fernando Alonso, Alex Albon, Isack Hadjar, Franco Colapinto and Oliver Bearman were those not able to produce a time to get through to Q3 and will begin 11th-15th, respectively, with Antonelli squeaking through.
Pressure continues to grow on Yuki Tsunoda in the second Red Bull as he was gotten rid of in Q1 at the team’s home race.
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The Japanese driver will begin 18th, with the back row taken by Carlos Sainz, the Williams motorist knocked out in the very first phase of receiving the third race in a row, and the skilled Sauber of Nico Hulkenberg.
Tsunoda might consider himself slightly unfortunate, he was only 0.250 s off the Q1 speed of team-mat Verstappen– however that showed the distinction between 6th and 18th, while Lance Walk and Esteban Ocon were also not able to enter Q2.
F1 Austrian Grand Prix – Qualifying results
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