Set reminders feature. The driver line-ups, car launches, test & race schedules, and results as they happen, for the 2020 Formula 1 season, brought to you by Sky Sports. Bottas set a 1m02.939s on his first run in the top-10 qualifying shootout at the Red Bull Ring – a new lap record and 0.122s quicker than Hamilton. In Qualifying 1, Alfa Romeo’s Antonio Giovinazzi set the first qualifying lap of the 2020 season. Verstappen was fastest on 1m04.024s, ahead of Bottas and Hamilton. Bottas, meanwhile, now has three poles in Austria, more than at any other venue.Norris was on the pace from Q2 and he delivered when it mattered once more in Q3 to secure a career-best fourth on the grid, while Albon and Perez clocked exactly the same time, Albon taking fifth by virtue of achieving the feat first.Intriguingly, Leclerc took seventh with a time that was a massive 0.920s slower than he managed last year, when he took pole position in Austria.Pole-sitter Valtteri Bottas: âI missed these feelings, you know, the qualifying shakes are something special when you push the car to the limit. Q1 Rookie Nicholas Latifi who crashed the … All world timezones. F1 session times Friday 3rd July 2020. The Finn looked immense in the first sector on the second run, but threw it all away as he lost control of the car and bounced across the track before re-joining.That opened the door for Hamilton to take advantage, the Briton running last on track, and while he did improve on his first effort, he couldnât quite make the difference, finishing 0.012s off Bottas' pace.Max Verstappen, winner of the last two Austrian Grands Prix, was third, albeit it nearly half a second off the pace, but the Red Bull driver will fancy his chances of spoiling the Mercedes party on Sunday, given heâll be starting on the more durable medium tyre with everyone else in the top 10 on the softs.Lando Norris was a brilliant fourth, the McLaren driver recovering from an error on his first run which forced him to back off to put everything together when it mattered in the second runs, edging out Alexander Albon by just 0.024s.Racing Point had looked strong on Friday, with Sergio Perez confirming that encouraging pace with sixth and his team mate Lance Stroll ninth. There was not so good news for Ferrari, though, with Charles Leclerc a disappointing seventh, having just scraped through to Q3 in 10th.His team mate Sebastian Vettel didnât even manage that, the German getting the boot in Q2 â heâll start Sundayâs race from 11th, albeit as the leading driver with free tyre choice.Carlos Sainz was eighth for McLaren, with Daniel Ricciardo making sure Renault had at least one car in Q3 as the Australian completed the top 10.So itâs advantage Mercedes heading into race day, with Verstappen lurking in the position he managed to convert into victory this time last year. Austria Qualifying: Vettel misses out on Q3 He didn't have to clock his time and will start the race on medium tyres.The pole position time of last year was 1:03.262 min, driven by Charles Leclerc for Ferrari.Result was always on the cards.
Download or subscribe. “I think we had a decent car all weekend but I think we’re better than 10th, so a bit frustrating.”Speaking after qualifying, Hamilton had said he couldn’t see yellow flags caused by Bottas running wide and onto the gravel.“Not that I saw, no,” the Englishman said when asked if there were yellow flags.“I came round the corner, got on the power and I thought that Valtteri had perhaps gone wide and then come back on further up the road. Valtteri Bottas scored his 12th F1 pole position during the 2020 Austrian qualifying session today. The Styrian Grand Prix is the newest race to emerge in Formula One as the FIA stages back-to-back battles in Austria to kick off the 2020 season By Joe Short July 10, 2020 1:09 pm Austrian Grand Prix qualifying LIVE: Latest F1 updates as Valtteri Bottas beats Lewis Hamilton to pole position. ... the first race of the delayed 2020 Formula 1 World Championship season. Bottas seemed to have his Mercedes hooked up perfectly as he nailed the opening sequence of corners, only to run wide at Turn 4 and bounce across the gravel.Hamilton will have seen his team mate run off track, and kept his head down, setting a couple of purple mini-sectors in the middle loop, but he couldnât find enough time in the first sector to usurp his team mate.This was Mercedesâ 65th front row lock out, tying Ferrariâs all-time record, and their first since Silverstone almost exactly one year ago. Verstappen was fastest on 1m04.024s, ahead of Bottas and Hamilton.Knocked out in this session were Kevin Magnussen (Haas), George Russell, Giovinazzi (who went off through the gravel on his final lap at Turn 4), an angry Kimi Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo) and Nicholas Latifi (Williams).Austrian GP: Bottas beats Hamilton to pole; disaster for FerrariFerrari's qualifying struggles a "surprise" for Vettel George Russell was the victim who got eliminated.Only Albon improved to P3 and surprisingly pushed out Sebastian Vettel in the Ferrari.
When is the Austrian Grand Prix? Our team has done an amazing job, we seem to be on our own league.âThe Austrian Grand Prix kicks off at 1510 local time, which is 1210 UTC. Lewis Hamilton’s second place on the Austrian GP grid stands.Ricciardo was forced to slow down for yellows on his flying lap.
Six-time champion Hamilton was summoned to the stewards on two counts on ... AUSTRIAN GP LIVE: F1 is BACK as Ricciardo begins final Renault ... AUSTRIAN GP QUALIFYING … Grosjean was the only one who improved out of the danger zone. Verstappen did go out on soft tires to be sure to get into Q3.