Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took pole position for Saturday’s Formula 1 sprint at the 2024 Austrian Grand Prix in the Red Bull Ring.
Verstappen will start ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri after the qualifying session, which is split into three quickfire segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.
These sessions set the grid for Saturday’s sprint and have no impact on Sunday’s main event.
Austrian GP sprint qualifying results: Verstappen on pole from Norris
What happened in Austrian GP SQ1?
Verstappen set the quickest time at 1m05.690s on the mandated medium tyres, 0.074s faster than George Russell of Mercedes.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) lost his opening lap time when he had big moments at Turn 1 and Turn 6, the latter resulting in him exceeding track limits. He had to run again and made it through despite another scrappy lap.
Yuki Tsunoda (RB) suffered a huge spin at Turn 9 but just kept it out of the barrier and made it through.
Falling at the first hurdle were Daniel Ricciardo (RB), Nico Hulkenberg (Haas), Valtteri Bottas (Sauber), Alex Albon (Williams) and Zhou Guanyu (Sauber).
Austrian GP Grand Prix SQ1 results: Verstappen fastest from Russell
| Cla | Nº | Driver | Car / Engine | Time | Delay |
| 1 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull/Honda RBPT | 1’05.690 | |
| 2 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1’05.764 | 0.074 |
| 3 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1’05.781 | 0.091 |
| 4 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren/Mercedes | 1’05.786 | 0.096 |
| 5 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin/Mercedes | 1’06.037 | 0.347 |
| 6 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren/Mercedes | 1’06.081 | 0.391 |
| 7 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1’06.149 | 0.459 |
| 8 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull/Honda RBPT | 1’06.256 | 0.566 |
| 9 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine/Renault | 1’06.343 | 0.653 |
| 10 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas/Ferrari | 1’06.387 | 0.697 |
| 11 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine/Renault | 1’06.465 | 0.775 |
| 12 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin/Mercedes | 1’06.487 | 0.797 |
| 13 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’06.504 | 0.814 |
| 14 | 2 | Logan Sargeant | Williams/Mercedes | 1’06.518 | 0.828 |
| 15 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB/Honda RBPT | 1’06.557 | 0.867 |
| 16 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | RB/Honda RBPT | 1’06.581 | 0.891 |
| 17 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas/Ferrari | 1’06.583 | 0.893 |
| 18 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Sauber/Ferrari | 1’06.725 | 1.035 |
| 19 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams/Mercedes | 1’06.754 | 1.064 |
| 20 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Sauber/Ferrari | 1’07.197 | 1.507 |
What happened in Austrian GP SQ2?
Verstappen set…
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