Lando Norris continued his magnificent form so far in Austria as he beat Charles Leclerc and Oscar Piastri to claim his third pole position of the season.
After taking provisional pole with his first effort in Q3, he blew his own time out of the water to end the session with a 1m 03.971s, half a second clear of his nearest rivals. His Australian team mate was unable to improve his lap due to a spin by Pierre Gasly, which brought out the yellow flags.
Although Max Verstappen was expected to be in the fight for pole, he similarly backed out of his final flying lap and was forced to settle for P7 behind fourth-placed Lewis Hamilton – who secured his joint best start with Ferrari so far – with George Russell and Liam Lawson taking fifth and sixth.
It was an impressive Qualifying for Kick Sauber’s rookie Gabriel Bortoleto, who progressed to Q3 for the first time in his F1 career and took P8 ahead of Kimi Antonelli and Alpine driver Gasly.
Elsewhere, Carlos Sainz and Red Bull’s Yuki Tsunoda were knocked out in Q1, with the former complaining that the car was “undriveable” while the Japanese racer reported that he had “no grip”.
Hit go on the video player above to watch the highlights from Qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix.
