Formula 1

Alex Albon is optimistic about his chances in Saturday’s Sprint race, after qualifying twelfth at the Austrian Grand Prix.

Both Scuderia AlphaTauri drivers were eliminated from Qualifying Two, leaving Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda somewhat frustrated to be behind their rivals.

Charles Leclerc missed out on pole position in Austria by 0.029 seconds and felt his tyres were not in the correct operating window heading into his best lap.

Kevin Magnussen and Mick Schumacher will line-up seventh and eighth in Saturday’s Sprint race at the Red Bull Ring after a strong Friday for Haas.

Both Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso made it into Q3, but there were mixed fortunes for the two Alpine drivers once there.

Not the ending to Qualifying that Mercedes wanted as both George Russell and Lewis Hamilton found the wall to leave the team with work to do overnight to repair the cars.

Verstappen edged Leclerc and Sainz to take pole position for the Sprint race at the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix

Max Verstappen led the way ahead of Charles Leclerc in the only practice session before Friday’s Qualifying session at the Red Bull Ring

Piers Thynne, executive director of operations at McLaren, gives us a brilliant insight into spare parts, budget caps and the risk of damage in the upcoming Austria Sprint.

After failing to score points at the British Grand Prix, Daniel Ricciardo now has his eyes set on the Austrian Grand Prix.

Haas Team Principal Günther Steiner discusses the team’s double points result in Silverstone and what’s to come for the team with an upgrade package on the horizon.

Haas’ Kevin Magnussen and Mick Schumacher anticipate the second sprint weekend of the season at the Austrian Grand Prix.

After Lewis Hamilton took a superb third place in the British Grand Prix, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff hopes the team can carry their Silverstone form into this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix.

Pirelli will bring their softest compound step to the Austrian Grand Prix, the C3, C4 and C5 tyres, which Pirelli Motorsport Director Mario Isola believes will place emphasis on on-track action at the Red Bull Ring.

Williams Head of Vehicle Performance Dave Robson praised Latifi’s “strong drive” in Silverstone despite not reaching the points, and was relieved that Albon and the several other drivers involved in the first-lap crashes weren’t injured.

Williams’ Nicholas Latifi finished twelfth at the British Grand Prix while team-mate Alex Albon retired after the dramatic first-lap incident.