Norris expenses to pole from Leclerc, Verstappen down in seventh

Lando Norris stormed to pole place for the Method 1 Austrian Grand Prix as his dominant weekend in Spielberg continued.

The McLaren driver had sat out of FP1 however since then he has led the best way in each session and was untouchable in a Q3 session that was tempered by a late yellow flag.

Norris’ blistering tempo noticed him seal pole with the most important hole of the season to this point, his lap of 1m03.971s greater than sufficient to maintain Leclerc behind him – though the Ferrari driver will likely be delighted to have cut up the McLarens.

Championship chief Oscar Piastri will begin third after a spin for the Alpine of Pierre Gasly ruined the ultimate lap of the McLaren driver, in addition to the Pink Bull of Max Verstappen – who will begin seventh having taken pole place for the previous 4 Austrian Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton will begin fourth for Ferrari with George Russell fifth and Liam Lawson impressing by taking sixth for Racing Bulls.

With Verstappen down in seventh he’ll begin alongside the Sauber of Gabriel Bortoleto, who adopted up his F2 win in Styria final yr by placing in his greatest F1 qualifying efficiency of his rookie season.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli was ninth for Mercedes with Gasly’s premature spin leaving him tenth.

A crimson flag in Q2 as a consequence of a hearth together with the ultimate nook, the place Hamilton had run extensive, meant that every one 15 drivers have been pushing for quick laps when the session resumed with just a little over 5 minutes remaining.

Bortoleto put in a shocking effort as Fernando Alonso, Alex Albon, Isack Hadjar, Franco Colapinto and Oliver Bearman have been these unable to provide a time to get via to Q3 and can begin Eleventh-Fifteenth, respectively, with Antonelli squeaking via.

Stress continues to develop on Yuki Tsunoda within the second Pink Bull as he was eradicated in Q1 on the crew’s dwelling race.

The Japanese driver will begin 18th, with the again row taken by Carlos Sainz, the Williams driver knocked out within the first stage of qualifying for the third race in a row, and the skilled Sauber of Nico Hulkenberg.

Tsunoda might contemplate himself barely unfortunate, he was solely 0.250s off the Q1 tempo of team-mat Verstappen – however that proved the distinction between sixth and 18th, whereas Lance Stroll and Esteban Ocon have been additionally unable to get into Q2.

F1 Austrian Grand Prix – Qualifying outcomes