Max Verstappen won the F1 Austrian Grand Prix sprint race in a close victory against Lando Norris. In what ended up being a one-lap shootout in SQ3, it appeared as though Norris had done enough to take pole, but Verstappen of Red Bull turned in a slightly faster lap to edge out his opponent by only 0.093s.
It marks championship leader Verstappen’s sixth straight pole at the Red Bull Ring.
The second McLaren of Oscar Piastri was third-fastest, three-tenths slower than Verstappen.
George Russell ended up fourth while Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz split the Mercedes duo, with seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton sixth.
Sergio Perez could only put his Red Bull seventh and finished a huge 1.3s adrift of teammate Verstappen.
The Alpine pair of Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly were next in eighth and ninth, while Charles Leclerc ran out of time to set a lap after his Ferrari briefly conked out at the end of the pitlane.
Haas’ Kevin Magnussen will start 11th, with Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll alongside him in 12th.
