F1 Austrian Grand Prix qualifying: Red Bull takes pole position at home, Ferrari takes second and third place Zhou Guanyu 17th
On the evening of June 30, Beijing time, the 2023 F1 Austrian Grand Prix ended the qualifying competition, after three rounds of intense and intense racing. In the end, Verstappen took pole position at Red Bull Racing's home stadium, with Leclerc and Sainz taking two or three. Perez and Russell missed Q3, and Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu was eliminated in Q1.
Pre-match news:
1. This week marks the ninth Grand Prix of the season, with Red Bull Racing's Verstappen leading the standings with 195 points, teammate Perez second with 126 points, and Alonso only nine points behind Perez in third place. In the constructors' standings, Red Bull leads with 321 points, while Mercedes and Aston Martin are second and third with 167 and 154 points.
2. This week will be the second sprint of the season, and on Friday there will be a qualifying session to determine the starting order of the Sunday race. On Saturday, there will be sprint qualifying and sprint races, and the results on Saturday are actually not related to Sunday's main race, so Friday's qualifying is extremely important.
3. In the first free practice race held earlier, Verstappen won the first place, Ferrari took the second and third place, and the Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu ranked tenth.
Q1: Bottas leads the red flag Zhou Guanyu misses Q2
Starting in Q1, drivers were on the track at the start of the race as today's qualifying session would determine Sunday's main race. Verstappen took the lead in 1:05.191 to temporarily first place, and Piastri was 0.703 seconds behind Verstappen for second place. With 12 minutes left in the race, Bottas' car skidded off the track and the race was suspended with a red flag.
The red flag is over, the drivers are on the track again, many of the current drivers are not satisfactory, and they need to seize the time to refresh the results. Sainz was second in 1:05.339 after the game resumed, and Verstappen was 1:05.116 to hold first. Leclerc made 1:05.577 in third place, followed by Norris and Alonso. Norris was competitive thanks to the use of a new side box, finishing second with a time of 1:05.179. Perez then made a 1:05.177 move to third place to secure his ranking.
In the end, Yuki Tsunoda, Guanyu Zhou, Sargent, Magnussen and de Vries were eliminated.
Q2: Perez missed four consecutive matches in Q3 Russell was eliminated
Verstappen started the Q2 flying lap first, followed by teammate Perez, Verstappen made 1:04.955 to stay in first place, and Perez came in second with 1:05.028. However, Verstappen and Perez were both cancelled due to four rounds of white lines. Norris is currently ranked first, with Hockenberg and Alonso in second and third. With many drivers exceeding track limits, there are currently only 8 drivers.
Verstappen again put 1:04.951 to regain the lead, and Sainz then made a time of 1:05.036 to move to second place. With four minutes to go, Perez was again cancelled by the tournament for exceeding track limits, and now he has only one last chance.
Perez put on a new set of soft tyres and drove onto the track, ready for a last-ditch fight. At 1:04.990, Perez moved to second place, but unfortunately his time was canceled again. Russell was also disqualified due to exceeding track limits in previous races, and unfortunately missed Q3.
In the end, Russell, Ocon, Piasteri, Bottas and Perez were eliminated.
Q3: Verstappen four-link Ferrari won two or three
Verstappen made 1:04.503, already surpassing the fastest track record. Leclerc was second in 1:04.709, followed by Sainz at 1:04.927. Hamilton took advantage of the timing of other drivers to hit the track and made 1:05.061 to temporarily finish fifth. Albon also made his own lap on the track, but was cancelled due to exceeding the track limit.
With two minutes left in the game, the final pole position battle begins. Verstappen set a new lap time of 1:04.391, Sainz finished third with 1:04.581, and Leclerc went up to second with a time of 1:04.439.
In the end, Verstappen took pole position, followed by Leclerc, Sainz, Norris, Hamilton, Stoll, Alonso, Hockenberg, Gasley and Albon.