Max Verstappen extended his championship at the Styrian Grand Prix with maybe his most dominant display of the season. Pérez however was unable to make it a double podium at Red Bull’s home and crossed the line in fourth.
Fernando Alonso made it into qualifying three at the Styrian Grand Prix and will line up in ninth place for Sunday’s race, Esteban Ocon however struggled and couldn’t even make it out of qualifying one, he starts seventeenth.
Alpine had a very mixed qualifying for the Styrian Grand Prix with Fernando Alonso qualifying in ninth and Esteban Ocon in seventeenth, one of his worst qualifying performances in his Formula 1 career.
Scuderia Ferrari have it all to do in Sunday’s Styrian Grand Prix with Carlos Sainz Jr failing to make final qualifying and lining up from twelfth for the race. Leclerc on the other hand will start from seventh after impressive effort.
Charles Leclerc was the lone Scuderia Ferrari in final qualifying for the Styrian Grand Prix and will line up in seventh, team-mate Carlos Sainz Jr failed to make the final session and will start from twelfth.
World champion Lewis Hamilton will yet again line up alongside Max Verstappen on the front row for Sunday’s race. Bottas with his three-place grid penalty lines up in fifth, for a race where strategy and weather are both going to play massive factors.
Lewis Hamilton will yet again line up alongside Max Verstappen on the front row of the grid, with the world champion in second place. Bottas would’ve been in second if it weren’t for his three-place grid penalty, meaning he will start from fifth for the Styrian Grand Prix.
Both Mercedes drivers ended the opening day of the Styrian Grand Prix having made mistakes, but with very different consequences. Lewis Hamilton would’ve ended the day fastest however he had his lap-time deleted for track limits; whereas Bottas received a 3-place grid penalty for spinning in the pit-lane!
Lewis Hamilton has set his sights on closing the gap to Max Verstappen this weekend, the world champion would’ve ended the day fastest had his lap not been deleted for track limits; Bottas however has received a 3-place penalty for Sunday after spinning in the pit-lane!
Max Verstappen continues to be the driver to beat, the French Grand Prix winner and championship leader topped both Friday Free Practice sessions, whereas team-mate Sergio Pérez found the opening day a little more tricky, only just ending the day in the top ten.
Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda go into back to back races at their home circuit, hopeful of more points across the two races. Pierre Gasly is hoping to extend his points scoring run in Austria.
Mercedes will look to start their fightback at this weekends Styrian Grand Prix after seeing their French Grand Prix fall to pieces after strategy errors from the pit wall.
With rain forecast all weekend for the Styrian Grand Prix, McLaren Team Principal Andreas Seidl knows how important it is that the team make the most of every opportunity presented to them.
Lando Norris goes into this weekends Styrian Grand Prix as the only driver to finish in the points at every race, the British driver will be hoping to continue that run at the circuit where he claimed his first F1 podium.
Both Aston Martin Cognizant F1 Team drivers go into the Styrian Grand on the back points finishes in France, the team appear to have turned a corner in recent rounds and are hoping for yet more success at Austria.
Williams go into the Styrian Grand Prix after making some improvements to the FW43B in France, with the team hoping the progress made will benefit them this weekend at the Red Bull Ring.
Williams Racing go into the Styrian Grand Prix after moving back ahead of Uralkali Haas in the constructors standings in France.
