Official - final starting grid for 2023 F1 Austrian GP at Red Bull Ring in Spielberg

Official – final starting grid for 2023 F1 Austrian GP at Red Bull Ring in Spielberg. Final starting grid for 2023 F1 Austrian GP.

Being in the midst of a weekend conditioned by the sprint race format, at Spielberg, the drivers have already had their chance to compete in the qualifying sessions that determined the starting order for the Sunday Grand Prix in Austria. As in every year, the track limits have dictated the rules at the Red Bull Ring. The most affected sessions, inevitably, were the chaotic Q1 and Q2.

We have certainly lost count of the drivers whose lap times were invalidated for exceeding track limits during the last 60 minutes of activity. Among those who paid a high price for it is Sergio Perez, who arrived in Austria for the fourth consecutive event where he failed to reach Q3. A shame for the Mexican. Perhaps he would have been able to compete with Max Verstappen, but the numerous evaluation mistakes made between Q1 and Q2 led to a heavy elimination. Not only in terms of the championship. We are at the Red Bull Ring, a place where the Austrian team clearly hates to make a bad impression.

Friday’s performance will certainly not have pleased Helmut Marko, who is unlikely to have any sympathy, at least regarding Sergio Perez’s health condition (not at his best due to a slight fever that caused him to skip the media session on Thursday).

The final starting grid for the Austrian GP 2023
Despite the white line being violated several times, there were no irregularities to report at the end of qualifying. Therefore, thanks to the tweet released by Formula 1, we can provide you with the official starting grid for the Austrian Grand Prix, which will start on Sunday at 15:00 Italian time. Max Verstappen will start in pole position, followed by the Ferrari SF-23 cars of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz.