F1 results: Sprint shoot-out timings from the Austrian Grand Prix

Thomas Maher 01 Jul 2023 11:20 AM

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton at the Austrian Grand Prix. Spielberg, July 2023.

Here are the complete results from the Sprint Shoot-out at the Austrian Grand Prix, ahead of Saturday’s Sprint race.

Max Verstappen has taken pole position for the Sprint race on Saturday at the Red Bull Ring, with the Dutch driver making use of a fresh set of soft tyres to put in a 1:04.440 to all but match his Friday qualifying pace.

After a disappointing Friday, Sergio Perez kept his nose clean and within track limits to make sure it’s an all-Red Bull front row as he claimed second place on the grid.

After showing the apparent progress of his upgraded McLaren during Friday’s track time, Lando Norris underlined his speed by finishing in third place and just a tenth behind Perez’s pace.

Nico Hulkenberg qualified a stellar fourth for Haas, ahead of the Ferrari duo of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc.

It’s an all-Aston Martin fourth row with Fernando Alonso in seventh ahead of Lance Stroll, with the top 10 rounded out by Alpine’s Esteban Ocon and Haas’ Kevin Magnussen.

Verstappen had set the pace in a frantic SQ2 in the Sprint Shoot-out, pipping Carlos Sainz by 0.063 seconds and quarter of a second clear of Ocon.

Knocked out was Mercedes’ George Russell in 15th, due to a hydraulic issue that requires a steering rack change on his W14 – adding to the team’s woes after Lewis Hamilton was knocked out in Q1.

Williams’ Alex Albon was eliminated in 11th, ahead of Alpine’s Pierre Gasly, and the AlphaTauri duo of Yuki Tsunoda and Nyck de Vries.

Sainz topped the times in the first SQ1 portion of the Sprint Shoot-out, putting in a tremendous one lap display right at the end of the session. He had suffered a brake-by-wire issue early on that prevented him from staying on track to figure out the slightly damp conditions.

While all the other drivers pounded around lowering their benchmarks, Sainz only came out on track with just a minute left to get in a single flying lap. Impressively, he went fastest of all to eclipse Verstappen’s time.

After having his fastest laptime deleted, Hamilton was the big scalp of SQ1 as the Mercedes driver was knocked out down in 18th place.

Alfa Romeo’s Zhou Guanyu, who spun early on in the session, was knocked out in 16th, as well as McLaren’s Oscar Piastri, Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas, and Williams’ Logan Sargeant.