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Verstappen on sprint race pole; Norris 2nd; Piastri 3rd
Albon out in SQ1, Alonso out in SQ2
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Verstappen takes Austrian GP sprint polepublished at 16:36 28 June
Andrew Benson
BBC F1 correspondent at the Red Bull Ring
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Max Verstappen edged out Lando Norris by just 0.093 seconds to take pole position for the sprint race at the Austrian Grand Prix.
Verstappen, the last of the front-runners to cross the line, despite being unhappy with his tyres as a result of a chaotic end to the session and crowded track.
Oscar Piastri made it a McLaren two-three, 0.301secs off the Dutchman, ahead of George Russell’s Mercedes and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz.
The Spaniard’s team-mate Charles Leclerc failed to get around to the line in time before starting his flying lap at the end of the session and will start 10th.
Read the full report here
Back on Saturday for sprint race & qualifying from 10:45 BSTpublished at 16:33 28 June
That's it for your Friday in Spielberg. Max Verstappen will line up alongside Lando Norris for tomorrow's sprint race, which gets going at 11:00 BST.
Enjoy the rest of your afternoon, folks, and we'll be back up and running at 10:45 BST on Saturday.
See you tomorrow!
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F1 Q&A: Send us your questionspublished at 16:32 28 June
Any questions you might have for BBC F1 correspondent Andrew Benson as we go along on this Austrian Grand Prix journey then please, don't hesitate to send them through for our Q&A.
Have a look at this week's column here, which includes questions about Mercedes, Andrea Kimi Antonelli for 2025 and the possibility of seeing an all-British podium at Silverstone next week.
And then any thoughts from this weekend send them through using this link here
'It's a good start to the weekend' - Verstappenpublished at 16:30 28 June
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Max Verstappen who is on pole for Saturday's sprint race: "It's great to be first here, in front of basically my home fans, my home grand prix. It's been a good day so far. It's been nice to drive the car, immediately the car was well balanced, you make adjustments going into sprint qualifying and everything has been working well. It's a good start to the weekend. There's still things to do but it's been a good day.
On battling Lando Norris, who was just 0.093 seconds behind Verstappen, in the sprint race tomorrow: "I mean we'll find out tomorrow, I'm not stressed about it. I'm going to enjoy my evening and we will try again tomorrow."
Postpublished at 16:28 28 June
Charles Leclerc says he hasn't spoken to his team yet, as he got out of the car and went straight to an interview. If he finishes the sprint in the same position (P10), he won't be picking up any points Saturday.
Postpublished at 16:26 28 June
Charles Leclerc instantly questions his Ferrari team on what happened in SQ3.
The Monegasque driver is told "we took the anti-stall" by his engineer, but Leclerc replies: "Ah, thank you, but the anti-stall cannot stop the engine. The engine switched off - I don't know if you noticed. The ignition went to off, so I had to re-do the whole thing."
His engineer tells him they'll discuss the incident back in the garage...
Postpublished at 16:25 28 June
The gap between Max Verstappen on pole and second-placed Lando Norris in that SQ3 session was 0.093 seconds.
And the restpublished at 16:21 28 June
11. Kevin Magnussen (Haas)
12. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
13. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
14. Yuki Tsunoda (RB)
15. Logan Sargeant (Williams)
16. Daniel Ricciardo (RB)
17. Nico Hulkenberg (Haas)
18. Valtteri Bottas (Sauber)
19, Alex Albon (Williams)
20. Zhou Guanyu (Sauber)
Top 10published at 16:19 28 June
1. Max Verstapen (Red Bull)
2. Lando Norris (McLaren)
3. Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
4. George Russell (Mercedes)
5. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)
6. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
7. Sergio Perez (Red Bull)
8. Esteban Ocon (Alpine)
9. Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
10. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
Chequered flagpublished at 16:16 28 June
Over in a flash!
Max Verstappen takes pole position for Saturday's 100km sprint race with a time of 1:04.686.
Lando Norris will start second and his McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri will line up in third place.
Postpublished at 16:15 28 June
There's a roar from the crowd and itcan only mean one thing: Max Verstappen beats Lando Norris' time and is on pole position for tomorrow's sprint race!
Postpublished at 16:15 28 June
Lewis Hamilton is first to bank a lap with a 1:05.270 but Charles Leclerc didn't make the chequered flag in time!
Oscar Piastri then goes quickest but Lando Norris beats his McLaren team-mate to go top!
Postpublished at 16:14 28 June
Marc Priestley
Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Live
On one hand you could say surely it is easier because they've got more grip with the soft tyre, surely it's easier but it's not because you're pushing much harder, still taking that tyre to the limit and if you really don't know where the limit of that tyre is. Particularly in the hands of Mercedes who have not ran it yet this weekend. We are going to see lap times tumble as a result of that. This is as quick as a Formula 1 car is capable of going around this circuit. this is some of the best moments in the sport, driver and machine at its absolute limit.
Postpublished at 16:14 28 June
Right, only one flyer for all 10 cars left in this sprint fight!
Postpublished at 16:13 28 June
Charles Leclerc has stopped in the pit lane! Has the Ferrari got a problem? He has the car running again but is it too late for the Monegasque driver?
Two minutes to gopublished at 16:12 28 June
"This might be tight on time for some people," says George Russell's engineer.
Hmmm.
Postpublished at 16:11 28 June
Sprint qualifying around the Red Bull Ring is the definition of a one-shot lap, but George Russell has had enough, so he tells his pit wall to get cracking, as the traffic is going to interesting.
Five minutes to gopublished at 16:09 28 June
Not that the spectators are experiencing any track action...
Postpublished at 16:09 28 June
Considering the earlier forecast was for thundery showers at the Red Bull Ring, the fans are getting nice and toasted by the Austrian sunshine this afternoon.
Go! Go! Go!published at 16:06 28 June
We switch to the soft compound now for SQ3.

2024 Austrian Grand Prix

First Practice

Red Bull Ring, 28 June 2024

Rank	Driver	Number	Team	Fastest Lap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	1	Red Bull	1:05.685	28
2	Oscar Piastri	81	McLaren	1:05.961	32
3	Charles Leclerc	16	Ferrari	1:06.055	31
4	Carlos Sainz Jnr	55	Ferrari	1:06.128	31
5	Lewis Hamilton	44	Mercedes	1:06.254	39
6	Esteban Ocon	31	Alpine	1:06.297	30
7	Lance Stroll	18	Aston Martin	1:06.384	27
8	George Russell	63	Mercedes	1:06.386	32
9	Yuki Tsunoda	22	RB	1:06.579	30
10	Fernando Alonso	14	Aston Martin	1:06.603	30
11	Pierre Gasly	10	Alpine	1:06.734	28
12	Sergio Perez	11	Red Bull	1:06.783	24
13	Lando Norris	4	McLaren	1:06.880	30
14	Zhou Guanyu	24	Sauber	1:06.919	28
15	Valtteri Bottas	77	Sauber	1:06.925	29
16	Daniel Ricciardo	3	RB	1:06.962	31
17	Nico Hulkenberg	27	Haas	1:06.966	31
18	Alexander Albon	23	Williams	1:06.995	28
19	Kevin Magnussen	20	Haas	1:07.145	31
20	Logan Sargeant	2	Williams	1:07.259	29

Last updated 28th June 2024 at 12:35

Qualification

Red Bull Ring, 29 June 2024

= Fastest lap

Rank	Driver	Number	Team	Qualifying 1	Qualifying 1	Qualifying 2	Qualifying 2	Qualifying 3	Qualifying 3	Time
1	Max Verstappen	1	Red Bull	1:05.336	1:05.336	fastest lap 1:04.469	fastest lap 1:04.469	fastest lap 1:04.314	fastest lap 1:04.314	Qualifying 3, fastest lap 1:04.314
2	Lando Norris	4	McLaren	1:05.450	1:05.450	1:05.103	1:05.103	1:04.718	1:04.718	Qualifying 3, 1:04.718
3	George Russell	63	Mercedes	1:05.585	1:05.585	1:05.016	1:05.016	1:04.840	1:04.840	Qualifying 3, 1:04.840
4	Carlos Sainz Jnr	55	Ferrari	fastest lap 1:05.263	fastest lap 1:05.263	1:05.016	1:05.016	1:04.851	1:04.851	Qualifying 3, 1:04.851
5	Lewis Hamilton	44	Mercedes	1:05.541	1:05.541	1:05.053	1:05.053	1:04.903	1:04.903	Qualifying 3, 1:04.903
6	Charles Leclerc	16	Ferrari	1:05.509	1:05.509	1:05.104	1:05.104	1:05.044	1:05.044	Qualifying 3, 1:05.044
7	Oscar Piastri	81	McLaren	1:05.311	1:05.311	1:05.070	1:05.070	1:05.048	1:05.048	Qualifying 3, 1:05.048
8	Sergio Perez	11	Red Bull	1:05.587	1:05.587	1:05.144	1:05.144	1:05.202	1:05.202	Qualifying 3, 1:05.202
9	Nico Hulkenberg	27	Haas	1:05.596	1:05.596	1:05.262	1:05.262	1:05.385	1:05.385	Qualifying 3, 1:05.385
10	Esteban Ocon	31	Alpine	1:05.574	1:05.574	1:05.274	1:05.274	1:05.883	1:05.883	Qualifying 3, 1:05.883
11	Daniel Ricciardo	3	RB	1:05.569	1:05.569	1:05.289	1:05.289	not available	not available	Qualifying 2, 1:05.289
12	Kevin Magnussen	20	Haas	1:05.508	1:05.508	1:05.347	1:05.347	not available	not available	Qualifying 2, 1:05.347
13	Pierre Gasly	10	Alpine	1:05.598	1:05.598	1:05.359	1:05.359	not available	not available	Qualifying 2, 1:05.359
14	Yuki Tsunoda	22	RB	1:05.563	1:05.563	1:05.412	1:05.412	not available	not available	Qualifying 2, 1:05.412
15	Fernando Alonso	14	Aston Martin	1:05.656	1:05.656	1:05.639	1:05.639	not available	not available	Qualifying 2, 1:05.639
16	Alexander Albon	23	Williams	1:05.736	1:05.736	not available	not available	not available	not available	Qualifying 1, 1:05.736
17	Lance Stroll	18	Aston Martin	1:05.819	1:05.819	not available	not available	not available	not available	Qualifying 1, 1:05.819
18	Valtteri Bottas	77	Sauber	1:05.847	1:05.847	not available	not available	not available	not available	Qualifying 1, 1:05.847
19	Logan Sargeant	2	Williams	1:05.856	1:05.856	not available	not available	not available	not available	Qualifying 1, 1:05.856
20	Zhou Guanyu	24	Sauber	1:06.061	1:06.061	not available	not available	not available	not available	Qualifying 1, 1:06.061

Last updated 29th June 2024 at 16:04

Sprint

Red Bull Ring, 29 June 2024

Rank	Driver	Number	Team	Laps	Time	Points
1	Max Verstappen	1	Red Bull	23	26:41.389	8
2	Oscar Piastri	81	McLaren	23	4.616 behind	7
3	Lando Norris	4	McLaren	23	5.348 behind	6
4	George Russell	63	Mercedes	23	8.354 behind	5
5	Carlos Sainz Jnr	55	Ferrari	23	9.989 behind	4
6	Lewis Hamilton	44	Mercedes	23	11.207 behind	3
7	Charles Leclerc	16	Ferrari	23	13.424 behind	2
8	Sergio Perez	11	Red Bull	23	17.409 behind	1
9	Kevin Magnussen	20	Haas	23	24.067 behind	0
10	Lance Stroll	18	Aston Martin	23	30.175 behind	0
11	Esteban Ocon	31	Alpine	23	30.839 behind	0
12	Pierre Gasly	10	Alpine	23	31.308 behind	0
13	Yuki Tsunoda	22	RB	23	35.452 behind	0
14	Daniel Ricciardo	3	RB	23	39.397 behind	0
15	Fernando Alonso	14	Aston Martin	23	43.155 behind	0
16	Logan Sargeant	2	Williams	23	44.076 behind	0
17	Alexander Albon	23	Williams	23	44.673 behind	0
18	Valtteri Bottas	77	Sauber	23	46.511 behind	0
19	Nico Hulkenberg	27	Haas	23	48.423 behind	0
20	Zhou Guanyu	24	Sauber	23	53.143 behind	0

Last updated 29th June 2024 at 12:27

Race

Red Bull Ring, 30 June 2024

= Fastest lap

Rank	Driver	Number	Team	Grid	Pits	Fastest Lap	Race Time	Points
1	George Russell	63	Mercedes	3	2	1:09.164	1:24:22.798	25
2	Oscar Piastri	81	McLaren	7	2	1:08.697	1.906 behind	18
3	Carlos Sainz Jnr	55	Ferrari	4	2	1:09.282	4.533 behind	15
4	Lewis Hamilton	44	Mercedes	5	2	1:09.562	23.142 behind	12
5	Max Verstappen	1	Red Bull	1	3	1:07.719	37.253 behind	10
6	Nico Hulkenberg	27	Haas	9	2	1:10.215	54.088 behind	8
7	Sergio Perez	11	Red Bull	8	2	1:09.694	54.672 behind	6
8	Kevin Magnussen	20	Haas	12	2	1:10.125	1:00.355 behind	4
9	Daniel Ricciardo	3	RB	11	2	1:10.426	1:01.169 behind	2
10	Pierre Gasly	10	Alpine	13	2	1:09.609	1:01.766 behind	1
11	Charles Leclerc	16	Ferrari	6	4	1:09.584	1:07.056 behind	0
12	Esteban Ocon	31	Alpine	10	2	1:09.649	1:08.325 behind	0
13	Lance Stroll	18	Aston Martin	17	2	1:10.143	1 lap behind	0
14	Yuki Tsunoda	22	RB	14	2	1:10.318	1 lap behind	0
15	Alexander Albon	23	Williams	16	2	1:10.364	1 lap behind	0
16	Valtteri Bottas	77	Sauber	18	2	1:10.449	1 lap behind	0
17	Zhou Guanyu	24	Sauber	not available	2	1:10.470	1 lap behind	0
18	Fernando Alonso	14	Aston Martin	15	3	fastest overall lap 1:07.694	1 lap behind	0
19	Logan Sargeant	2	Williams	19	3	1:10.406	2 laps behind	0
20	Lando Norris	4	McLaren	2	3	1:08.016	did not finish completed 64 laps	0

Last updated 30th June 2024 at 15:53

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How Austrian GP sprint qualifying unfolded

Summary

Live Reporting

Verstappen takes Austrian GP sprint polepublished at 16:36 28 June

Back on Saturday for sprint race & qualifying from 10:45 BSTpublished at 16:33 28 June

F1 Q&A: Send us your questionspublished at 16:32 28 June

'It's a good start to the weekend' - Verstappenpublished at 16:30 28 June

Postpublished at 16:28 28 June

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And the restpublished at 16:21 28 June

Top 10published at 16:19 28 June

Chequered flagpublished at 16:16 28 June

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Two minutes to gopublished at 16:12 28 June

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Five minutes to gopublished at 16:09 28 June

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Go! Go! Go!published at 16:06 28 June

2024 Austrian Grand Prix

First Practice

Qualification

Sprint

Race

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