Austrian GP: Formula 1: Another race and another Win for Max Verstappen. Charles Leclerc came second while it was an incredible drive from Sergio Perez who came up the order to finish third. Sainz and Norris finished 4th and 5th. It was a rather poor day for Mercedes with Hamilton and Russell finishing 7th and 8th respectively.
Austrian GP: Max Verstappen WINS Sprint, George Russell Finishes 8th from Down the order
Sprint Highlights
Max Verstappen emerged victorious in an action-packed Sprint race at the Austrian Grand Prix, surviving some drama during the early stages of a wet to dry outing to claim an ultimately dominant win on Red Bull’s home soil.
Verstappen lost the lead to team mate Sergio Perez at the start but quickly fought back and settled into a rhythm up front, cruising away from the competition to cross the line comfortably clear of the Mexican and Ferrari rival Carlos Sainz.
Verstappen, Perez, Sainz and a handful of other front-runners stayed on intermediate tyres for the full encounter, holding enough of a margin over a host of drivers who moved to slicks late on but could not make up the ground they had lost.
With a revised Sprint format in place in 2023, the new ‘Shootout’ qualifying session set the grid for the 24-lap dash, which offered up the incentive of some extra points – from eight for P1 to one for P8 – for the 20 drivers in action.
Qualifying Highlights
Max Verstappen made it four pole positions in a row as he secured top spot on the grid for Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix. In a dramatic qualifying session – that featured plenty of deleted lap times – Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc came agonisingly close to taking pole himself, just 0.048 seconds away in second.
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Leclerc’s team mate Carlos Sainz rounded out the top three on the grid with an admirable lap of his own. But the headline of the session was Verstappen’s Red Bull team mate Sergio Perez, who failed to advance to Q3 for the fourth time in succession – his three deleted lap times in Q2 leaving him P15.
It was also a session to forget for Mercedes’ George Russell, who was knocked out in Q2 and will start P11 for the race on Sunday.
On the flip side, Lando Norris had a hugely positive day in his upgraded McLaren as he shone throughout. A P4 start for the race was the reward for his efforts, while Williams’ Alex Albon backed up his impressive outing in Canada with another Q3 appearance, starting in P10.
Austrian GP Schedule
The main race will take place on Sunday at 6:30 PM IST
Race, Date – 2nd July
Timings – 6:30 PM IST
Austrian GP LIVE STREAMING DETAILS:
Where can you watch Race on TV?
The Sprint, and Race will not be telecast on television in India.
Where can you watch Race? – Live Stream
F1 fans in India can Live Stream all the formula 1 action on the F1TVPro App and Website.
Location – The Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria
Number of Laps – 71
Circuit Length – 4.318 km
Race Distance – 306.452 km
When was the track built?
The track known today as the Red Bull Ring was created in 1995 when it was decided to turn the Osterreichring circuit into a shorter, more modern race track.
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