The Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull), outstanding leader of the championship, will start first on Sunday in the Austrian Grand Prixthe ninth Formula One World Championship, which is held at the Red Bull Ring from Spielberg (Styria); where the Spanish Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) and Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) will start third and seventh, respectively.
Verstappen, 25, achieved his twenty-sixth ‘pole’ in F1 -the sixth of the year- by dominating qualifying this Friday, in which he covered, with a soft compound tire, the 4.318 metros from the Styrian track in one minute, four seconds and 391 thousandths, only 48 less than the Monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) and 190 over Sainz.
The talented driver from Madrid will start from the second row on Sunday, alongside his former English teammate Lando Norris (McLaren); that it will start fourth; after the sprint race is held this Saturday -one third of the distance from Sunday, scheduled for 71 laps to complete a 306 and a half kilometer route-; hours after a new, reduced qualification, which will order its grill.
The Asturian double world champion Fernando Alonso -third in the World Cup, with 117 points, 78 less than ‘Mad Max‘- will start seventh next Sunday at Spielberg, from the fourth row; from which the German Nico Hülkenberg (Haas) will also start, who finished eighth in qualifying.
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From the third it will be the seven-time English world champion Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) and the Canadian Lance StrollAlonso’s teammate at Aston Martin, who finished sixth this Friday.
The French Pierre Gasly (Alpine) and Thai Alex Albon (Williams), ninth and 10th in the main timed session, will start from the fifth row on Sunday at the Red Bull Ring.
2023-06-30 18:16:10
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