Max Verstappen opened the Austrian Grand Prix weekend in confident form once more, by claiming pole position for Saturday’s sprint race
Max Verstappen opened Austrian Grand Prix weekend in confident form once more, claiming pole position for Saturday’s sprint race at the Red Bull Ring. The Red Bull driver was commanding in Spielberg, beating the Mercedes of George Russell into second and the McLaren’s of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri into third and fourth. Lewis Hamilton was sixth for Mercedes.
Daniel Ricciardo was in 16th for RB, Nico Hülkenberg 17th for Haas, Valtteri Bottas and Guanyu Zhou in 18th and 20th for Sauber and Alex Albon in 19th for Williams. On Friday in Austria the Red Bull team principal, Christian Horner, attempted to defuse another row with Verstappen’s father, Jos. Verstappen Sr had claimed Horner had tried to veto him from driving the 2012 Red Bull F1 car in the Legends parades set to take place at the Red Bull Ring this weekend. Verstappen accused Horner of being childish, stating: “I’m completely fed up with him”.
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