F1 Qualifying Results 2022 Austrian F1 Sprint
Event: Austrian F1 GP
Track: Red Bull Ring
Max Verstappen driving the Red Bull Racing RB18 at the Red Bull Ring on July 08, 2022 in Spielberg, Austria. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)
Weather: dry 19.2°C
Tarmac: dry 37.6°C
Humidity: 34%
Wind: 0.8 m/s SE
Pressure: 946.2 bar
Max Verstappen scored his 16th F1 pole position today. The Red Bull driver will start from P1 for tomorrow's Sprint race that will sort out the grid for Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix. It was the third pole of the season for the Dutch driver and the 77th pole for the Red Bull Racing team.
Q1 session
The first 18 minutes of qualifying was kicked-off by AlphaTauri driver Yuki Tsunoda with a 1:07.578 min. Several times of the other drivers got deleted and it took twelve minutes before all driver had set lap time.
Several drivers battled for the fastest lap. We saw Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, Mick Schumacher, Kevin Magnussen, Sergio Perez and Charles Leclerc on top.
With 5 minutes to go the driver in the dropzone were: Lando Norris (McLaren), Nicholas Latifi (Williams), Lance Stroll (Aston Martin, Alex Albon (Williams) and Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin). Only Norris made it into Q2, but pushed out his teammate Daniel Ricciardo who only was 0,283.
Both Haas drivers Mick Schumacher and Kevin Magnussen both were in the top 10 being less than one second behind Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc who was quickest.
Q2 session
In Q2 that took 15 minutes we saw Alpine driver Esteban Ocon clocking the first lap time of a 1:06.488 min. The quickest lap time. It took 10 minutes before all drivers had put a lap time on the board. Lewis Hamilton showed he had not lost his qualifying talents and showed the Mercedes is force to reckon with and was quickest with a 1:05.475. Verstappen was second on 0.093s, while the other Mercedes driver George Russel was third on +0.281s.
5 min before the end the drivers in the elimination zone were: Sergio Pérez (Red Bull), Alex Albon (Williams), PIerre Gasly (AlphaTauri, Tsunoda and Norris.
Lando Norris was struggling a lot to keep the McLaren on track and also got his quickest lap deleted. Only Pérez improved enough to get into Q3. and made it to P6. The top 12 now was less than 1 sec. apart.
Q3 session
The third and final quali session to battle out pole position for tomorrow's Sprint takes eleven minutes. After the first run the man on top of the timesheet was Verstappen with a 1:05.092. Hamilton who drove the quickest first sector of all drivers aborted his first clocked lap. In his second lap the 7 times champ made a rare mistake and went in to hot at turn 7 and lost grip at the rear and went off the track to end of in the gravel to crash into the barrier. With 5:29 to go the session got red flag to recover the wrecked Mercedes.
After the restart George Russell was the second driver to try and score his first pole position. He lost it in the very last corner with a similar oversteer move. The Mercedes driver ended up in the barrier. A second red flag period was needed to recover the second Mercedes. The clock had stopped at 2:31 min.
When the session resumed all cars went out to try and drive a quicker lap than they already had. In the dying moments it was first Leclerc who beat Verstappen's time. After him Sainz also improved to get passed Verstappen's first time, being only 0.082s slower than Leclerc. Behind both Ferrari drivers came Verstappen who had no purple sectors, but improved enough to score his third consecutive pole on the Red Bull Ring.
After the qualifying session was ended, Pérez's lap times of Q3 were deleted by race control, because he had exceeded the track limits during his fastest lap in Q2.
Last year Verstappen also scored pole for Red Bull for the Austrian GP, he then did it with a 1:03.720 min.
Quali Times 2022 Austrian Sprint
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
| 1 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:05.852 | 1:05.374 | 1:04.984 | 19 |
| 2 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:05.419 | 1:05.287 | 1:05.013 | 26 |
| 3 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:05.660 | 1:05.576 | 1:05.066 | 26 |
| 4 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:06.235 | 1:05.697 | 1:05.431 | 24 |
| 5 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 1:06.468 | 1:05.993 | 1:05.726 | 27 |
| 6 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:06.366 | 1:05.894 | 1:05.879 | 22 |
| 7 | 47 | Mick Schumacher | Haas | 1:06.405 | 1:06.151 | 1:06.011 | 22 |
| 8 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 1:06.016 | 1:06.082 | 1:06.103 | 22 |
| 9 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:06.079 | 1:05.475 | 1:13.151 | 20 |
| 10 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:06.589 | 1:06.160 | no time | 20 |
| 11 | 23 | Alex Albon | Williams | 1:06.516 | 1:06.230 | 15 | |
| 12 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:06.442 | 1:06.319 | 14 | |
| 13 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 1:06.143 | 1:06.458 | 24 | |
| 14 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:06.463 | 1:06.851 | 19 | |
| 15 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:06.330 | 19 | ||
| 16 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:06.613 | 10 | ||
| 17 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:06.847 | 12 | ||
| 18 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo | 1:06.901 | 9 | ||
| 19 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:07.003 | 9 | ||
| 20 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:07.083 | 12 |
Note: Sergio Pérez (Red Bull #11) had his lap times deleted for lap 17 of Q2 and for all laps in Q3 for leaving the track without justifiable reason.
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Merc have apparently solved there bouncy bouncy problem , however they are not so good at getting the cars to round corners, what is it they say, we have the best engineers in f1, right seems they've traded non bouncy for crap corner grip, so thats Max- with the class, and the Dame with the crash.!
Track looking superb , great venue, Haas come on how good were they today and both froggy cars in the top ten too, should be a good one this weekend .
No doubt some expert analysis forthcoming from Jax and Palmer .
The sport that keeps giving fast guys at the front and mercedes in the barriers.and now the excuses begin.the wind didn't suit the Sham or the Simpson lookalike.ha ha
expert analysis from jax the haemorrhoid and palmer is that a joke shrop
Is there another way to talk about that pair, that I'm unaware of? Lol
Shamilton said it was a big hit into the barrier drama queen botty boy
was that a facemask shamilton was wearing for the interview or wasit a veil?
But his back is still okay isn't it, what,,, 50g crash and he got out on his own, a Angie gotta be good.
And during the intermission Naomi will attempt to fit into a F1 car without altering the bodywork that will be worth watching.good to have her back
A cockpit expander and lubricant would be needed that's a large rear end
Well done to Mick Schumacher for an excellent quality hurrah
Best qualifying in ages . great sportsmanship from the max fans for giving the sham a big cheer.hip hip hurrah
Lol I noticed that too
No different than when Max binned it in Jeddah 21. Unusual for Sir Lewis as its been a long time without major incident compared to Lucky Champ or any other driver. Overnight fix.
The lap was on track for P2 or 3 so he can push like a Hell Hound on fire in Sprint.
ha ha to finish P2 or better first she has to finish laugh i could have cried
Exactly. Very first rule of racing. To finish first, first you must finish.
you look a bit of a knob now, maybe only half a knob as it was only P3
Yes but what if CS & Perez had finished the race probably would have been 5 or 6 as Russel wou have probably passed him to, sorry but I think sir Lulu's only on the podium because of the other teams misfortunes, mind everyone needs a bit of luck don't they.
Very true and the Dame knows it
Weird offs for Mercs & I wonder if Checo would get dropped to P11 behind Gasly.
I immediately noted his corner cut on live footage, so surprisingly his lap didn’t get taken away shortly after completion like others.
Russell got lucky no one below bettered his time & Hamilton should be able to pass Haases & Alpines.
Jeddah laughing so much Nooo no different at all really...
But his back is still okay isn't it, what,,, 50g crash and he got out on his own, a Angie gotta be good.
Does anyone know if it ever happened before, that both Mercedes drivers crashed during qualifying?
ha ha monkey see monkey do
Just goes to show that they are truly working as a team. 🙏
it was very entertaining they should make a habit of it.ha ha
the creme has risen to the top and the chaff is in the gravel hurrah
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