Red Bull’s Max Verstappen put in an imperious performance to take pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix from McLaren’s Lando Norris.
Fresh from winning a fight with Norris and McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri in the sprint race earlier on Saturday, Verstappen beat the Briton by 0.404 seconds.
Mercedes’ George Russell qualified third, 0.526secs behind Verstappen, after Piastri had a time that had put him third deleted for exceeding track limits at Turn Six.
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz will start fourth ahead of Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton.
The second Ferrari of Charles Leclerc was sixth fastest after losing control at Turn Nine on his fastest lap at the end of the session and running off the track.
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