Bottas set a 1m02.939s in his first run in the Red Bull Ring Top 10 qualifying shootout, a new lap record and 0.122s faster than Hamilton. Bottas went off of Turn 4 and spun in his second run, causing a yellow flag to hamper Hamilton, who was just 0.012s slower.
Max Verstappen will start third, half a second slower than the Mercedes duo, ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris, Alex Albon (Red Bull), Sergio Pérez (Racing Point), Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), Carlos Sainz (McLaren), Lance Stroll (Racing Point) and Daniel Ricciardo (Renault).
In Qualifying 2, Verstappen completed his first run on the medium tire, and then rescued his final run on the soft when he learned he was safe until Q3, making him the only car in the top 10 to start. Sunday. Bottas led the session, ahead of Hamilton and Albon.
Albon’s last lap knocked out Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, who suffered a very dowdy qualification, along with the AlphaTauris by Pierre Gasly and Daniil Kvyat, Esteban Ocon (Renault) and Romain Grosjean (Haas).
In Ranking 1, Alfa Romeo’s Antonio Giovinazzi set the first qualifying lap of the 2020 season. Verstappen was fastest in 1m04.024s, ahead of Bottas and Hamilton.
Knocked out in this session were Kevin Magnussen (Haas), George Russell, Giovinazzi (who hit the gravel on his last lap at Turn 4), an angry Kimi Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo) and Nicholas Latifi (Williams).
Results of the classification grid of the F1 Austrian Grand Prix
F1 Austrian Grand Prix qualification Q3 results
F1 Austrian Grand Prix qualification Q2 results
F1 Austrian Grand Prix qualification Q1 results
