TOUR 24/71. Verstappen and Norris go through the pits. No problem for the two leaders who leave the first place of this GP to Piastri.
TOUR 23/71. At the back of the pack, Charles Leclerc, 19th? can’t do it. The Monegasque is nowhere. The Monegasque is 10 seconds behind Bottas in front of him and has a 30-second lead over Sargeant.
TOUR 22/71. One lap after his teammate, Pierre Gasly also went through the pit lane. The Franaçs comes out in 16th place.
TOUR 21/71. First stop for an Alpine driver. This is Estaban Ocon. The nomand pilot comes out in 16th place.
TOUR 18/71. For now, the gap has stabilized at the front of the race.
TOUR 15/71. At the back of the pack, Albon at the wheel of his Williams and with new tires, has just taken P18 from the Monegasque.
TOUR 14/71. At the front of the race, Max Verstappen continues his lone ride. The Dutchman has more than five seconds ahead of Norris.
TOUR 13/71. One lap later, it was Magnussen and Alonso’s turn to stop. If the first leaves with hard shoes, the second wears mediums.
TOUR 12/71. The first pit stops begin. Magnussen and Ricciardo go through the pit lane to put on the hard tyres.
TOUR 11/71. A look at the top 10 after ten laps in this Austrian GP: Verstappen, Norris, Russell, Sainz, Hamilton, Piastri, Perez, Hulkenberg, Ocon and Gasly.
TOUR 10/71. It should be noted that Hamilton deliberately let Sainz pass a few laps ago. The Briton wanted to avoid a possible penalty.
TOUR 9/71. In the top 8, only Hamitlon has DRS. The seven-time world champion puts pressure on Carlos Sainz.
TOUR 7/71. Piastri overtakes Perez magnificently. The Mexican, completely overwhelmed, can do nothing against the Australian who goes around the outside of the Red-Bull driver.
TOUR 6/71. Having failed to get away from Russell, Hamilton was overtaken by Sainz and slipped to 5th place.
TOUR 4/71. At the head of the race, Verstappen already has more than two seconds ahead of Norris.
TOUR 3/71. While Hamilton had passed Russell at turn number 3, the latter passed his teammate again at turn number 4.
TOUR 2/71. With a little more pace, Hamilton puts pressure on Russell. The two Mercedes are fighting for P3.
TOUR 1/71. Here we go in this Austrian GP! Verstappen’s start is perfect. The Dutchman remains in the lead while Leclerc touched Piastri. The Monegasque must return to the pits to change his front wing.
The single-seaters line up on the starting grid. The start is imminent!
Everyone will start with medium tires except Zhou (Sauber) who will start from the pit lane with hard compounds.
Having struggled in recent weeks, the Aston Martins of Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll could do no better than set 15th and 17th times.
Down since his victory in Monaco a month ago, Charles Leclerc, at the wheel of his Ferrari, could only do better than 6th place during the qualifying session on Saturday.
In the points during the last two races in Montreal and then in Spain, the two Alpines of Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly will start from 10th and 13th position on the starting grid.
Winner of the sprint race this Saturday, ahead of the two McLarens of Piastri and Norris, Max Verstappen (Red-Bull) will once again start from pole position ahead of Lando Norris and the Mercedes of George Russell.
On the French side, Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly will start 10th and 13th on their Alpine.
Max Verstappen will start from pole position for the eighth time this year, ahead of Lando Norris and George Russell.
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