Red Bull’s Max Verstappen claimed back-to-back pole positions in Formula 1 for the first time in his career with a dominant display at the 2021 Styrian Grand Prix.
Both Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz made it to Q2 without any issues (1:04.745 for Charles and 1:04.859 for Carlos at the end of Q1), with Nicholas Latifi, Esteban Ocon, Kimi Raikkonen, Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin who were eliminated after the first round.
As expected, the fight for the fastest 10 drivers to progress to Q3 was extremely tight, given the characteristics and length of the Red Bull Ring circuit and unfortunately Carlos Sainz was not able to make it to Q3. The Spanish driver made an error in Turn 9 which did not allow him to improve in his final attempt. Charles Leclerc barely got through to Q3, with a 1:04.646, finishing just two places above the line, despite both Ferrari drivers used the soft tyres, unlike Mercedes and Red Bull. At least Carlos will be able to choose the tyres for tomorrow’s race start from P12 (most likely mediums).
In the final stages of qualifying, Charles Leclerc got the most out of the SF21’s potential and finished P7 with a 1:04.472.
Styrian Grand Prix – Here are the complete results from the qualifying session ahead of the 2021 F1 World Championship race at the Red Bull Ring.
Results (Classification):
Q3
Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing – 1:03.841
Valtteri Bottas Mercedes +0.194
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +0.226
Lando Norris McLaren +0.279
Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing +0.327
Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri +0.395
Charles Leclerc Scuderia Ferrari +0.631
Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri +0.673
Fernando Alonso Alpine +0.733
Lance Stroll Aston Martin +0.867Q2
Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing – 1:04.197
Lando Norris McLaren +0.101
Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri +0.232
Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing +0.236
Valtteri Bottas Mercedes +0.246
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +0.315
Fernando Alonso Alpine +0.385
Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri +0.434
Charles Leclerc Scuderia Ferrari +0.449
Lance Stroll Aston Martin +0.466
George Russell Williams Racing +0.474
Carlos Sainz Scuderia Ferrari +0.603
Daniel Ricciardo McLaren +0.611
Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin +0.678
Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo +0.716Q1
Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing – 1:04.489
Valtteri Bottas Mercedes +0.048
Lando Norris McLaren +0.095
Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri +0.119
Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing +0.149
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +0.183
Charles Leclerc Scuderia Ferrari +0.256
Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri +0.276
Lance Stroll Aston Martin +0.332
Carlos Sainz Scuderia Ferrari +0.370
Fernando Alonso Alpine +0.482
George Russell Williams Racing +0.544
Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin +0.562
Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo +0.603
Daniel Ricciardo McLaren +0.653
Nicholas Latifi Williams Racing +0.686
Esteban Ocon Alpine +0.728
Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo +0.940
Mick Schumacher Haas +1.552
Nikita Mazepin Haas +1.703
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