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He’s now called Super Max! Sprint pole, Sprint win, Grand Prix pole…Can McLaren find some Kryptonite?
Max put in an incredible performance to take pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix from McLaren’s Lando Norris.
Max put in an incredible performance to take pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix from McLaren’s Lando Norris.
After winning a street fight with Norris and Piastri in the sprint race Verstappen beat the Briton by 0.404 seconds.
Russell qualified third, 0.526secs behind Verstappen, after Piastri had a time that had put him third deleted for exceeding track limits at Turn Six.
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz will start fourth ahead of Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton.
Max put in an incredible performance to take pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix from McLaren’s Lando Norris.
After winning a street fight with Norris and Piastri in the sprint race Verstappen beat the Briton by 0.404 seconds. Russell qualified third, 0.526secs behind Verstappen, after Piastri had a time that had put him third deleted for exceeding track limits at Turn Six. Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz will start fourth ahead of Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton.
Leclerc was sixth fastest – after losing control at Turn Nine on his fastest lap at the end of the session and running off the track – and will start ahead of Piastri, whose first lap time in the final session was good enough for seventh place.
Red Bull’s Sergio Perez was a massive 0.888secs slower than team-mate Verstappen, in eighth place.
Haas’ Nico Hulkenberg and Alpine’s Esteban Ocon completed the top 10, but the German is under investigation for two separate incidents of breaking the rules in the pit lane.
Max
“It was a good day today. I am extremely happy that we got P1 in the Sprint and put it on pole in Qualifying and am really proud of the Team that we were able to be so competitive. We definitely saw some good improvements after the Sprint race, it all connected and the balance of the car felt a lot better, so hopefully we can keep that going. I could really push to the limit and it felt great to be that competitive in qualifying. The whole session went really well and the car was in a better window; I could push harder, the car was sticking and I am actually quite surprised by the gap! It shows that small changes that you make to the car can really make a difference. I am looking forward to tomorrow. We have had a really good weekend so far but the most important part has to happen tomorrow, so let’s see what the race brings.”
Lando
“It was nice to score a strong number of points as a team in this morning’s Sprint. The car felt good which gave us confidence going into the Quali session, and despite the tricky conditions, I’m happy to be on the front row again as Max was clearly quicker than us today.
“Looking to tomorrow, we’re going to need to find a little extra to beat the pace of the Red Bulls but we’re usually stronger in races than we are in Qualifying, so I’m excited and we’ll try our best.”