F1 Austrian GP: Max Verstappen charges to pole as Sergio Perez has another qualifying disaster
A vital improvement on his second lap of Q3 ensured a fourth successiveꦚ pole in 2023 for Verstappen as Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc m♚issed out by just 0.048s.
Carlos Sainz was 0.190s adrift of Verstappen in third, ahead of Lando Norris, who put his upgr💞aded McLaren on the second row with a sensational lap for fourth.
Lewis Hamilton was fifth-fastest, while Mercedes teammate George Russell was knocked out in Q2 and will start Sunday’s main race at the Red Bull Ring from 11t🐷h.
In sharp contrast to Verstappen, teammate Perez had another qualifying to forget and will lin♎e up only 15th for Red Bull’s 🔯home grand prix.
It marks the fourth weekend on the trot🦋 that Perez, who is 69 points behind Verstappen in the championship standings, has failed to reach Q3.💛
T🐓he Mexican's qualif൲ying was undone by having three consecutive laps deleted for track limits in Q2.
Lance Stroll out-qualified Aston Martin teammate Fernando Alonso for only the second time this season as he pipped the two-time world champion to s🍎ixth💯.
Nico Hulkenberg claimed eighth place in his Haas, ahead of Pierre Gasly and Alex Albon, who completed the top-10 for Alpine and Williams respectively♚.
There was more disappointment for AlphaTauri’s under-pressure Nyck de Vries, who will start Sunday’s grand prix las🀅t after ending up with the slowest time in qualifying.
Saturday's action will be dedicated to the standalone F1 sprint, be𒀰fore the main event on Sunday.
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