2020 F1 Austrian Grand Prix qualifying results

Bottas set a 1m02.939s on his first run in the top-10 qualifying shootout at the Red Bull Ring – a new lap record and 0.122s quicker than Hamilton. Bottas went off on the exit of Turn 4 and spun on his second run, causing a yellow flag that hampered 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 Perez (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 tyre, and then bailed out on his final run on the soft when he knew he was safely through to Q3 – so he’ll be the only car in the top 10 to start on the medium on Sunday. Bottas topped the session, ahead of Hamilton and Albon.

Albon’s last-gasp lap knocked out Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel – who suffered a very scruffy qualifying – along with the AlphaTauris of Pierre Gasly and Daniil Kvyat, Esteban Ocon (Renault) and Romain Grosjean (Haas).

In Qualifying 1, Alfa Romeo’s Antonio Giovinazzi set the first qualifying lap of the 2020 season. Verstappen was fastest on 1m04.024s, ahead of Bottas and Hamilton.

Knocked out in this session were Kevin Magnussen (Haas), George Russell, Giovinazzi (who went off through the gravel on his final lap at Turn 4), an angry Kimi Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo) and Nicholas Latifi (Williams).

F1 Austrian Grand Prix qualifying grid results

Cla	Driver		Time	Gap
1	Valtteri Bottas		1'02.939
2	Lewis Hamilton		1'02.951	0.012
3	Max Verstappen		1'03.477	0.538
4	Lando Norris		1'03.626	0.687
5	Alex Albon		1'03.868	0.929
6	Sergio Perez		1'03.868	0.929
7	Charles Leclerc		1'03.923	0.984
8	Carlos Sainz Jr.		1'03.971	1.032
9	Lance Stroll		1'04.029	1.090
10	Daniel Ricciardo		1'04.239	1.300
11	Sebastian Vettel		1'04.206	1.267
12	Pierre Gasly		1'04.305	1.366
13	Daniil Kvyat		1'04.431	1.492
14	Esteban Ocon		1'04.643	1.704
15	Romain Grosjean		1'04.691	1.752
16	Kevin Magnussen		1'05.164	2.225
17	George Russell		1'05.167	2.228
18	Antonio Giovinazzi		1'05.175	2.236
19	Kimi Raikkonen		1'05.224	2.285
20	Nicholas Latifi		1'05.757	2.818
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F1 Austrian Grand Prix qualifying Q3 results

Cla	Driver	Laps	Time	Gap
1	Valtteri Bottas	19	1'02.939
2	Lewis Hamilton	21	1'02.951	0.012
3	Max Verstappen	23	1'03.477	0.538
4	Lando Norris	17	1'03.626	0.687
5	Alex Albon	18	1'03.868	0.929
6	Sergio Perez	19	1'03.868	0.929
7	Charles Leclerc	20	1'03.923	0.984
8	Carlos Sainz Jr.	18	1'03.971	1.032
9	Lance Stroll	17	1'04.029	1.090
10	Daniel Ricciardo	15	1'04.239	1.300
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F1 Austrian Grand Prix qualifying Q2 results

Cla	Driver	Laps	Time	Gap
1	Valtteri Bottas	12	1'03.015
2	Lewis Hamilton	14	1'03.096	0.081
3	Alex Albon	12	1'03.746	0.731
4	Lando Norris	12	1'03.819	0.804
5	Sergio Perez	13	1'03.860	0.845
6	Lance Stroll	14	1'03.955	0.940
7	Carlos Sainz Jr.	12	1'03.971	0.956
8	Max Verstappen	16	1'04.000	0.985
9	Daniel Ricciardo	12	1'04.023	1.008
10	Charles Leclerc	14	1'04.041	1.026
11	Sebastian Vettel	13	1'04.206	1.191
12	Pierre Gasly	14	1'04.305	1.290
13	Daniil Kvyat	14	1'04.431	1.416
14	Esteban Ocon	12	1'04.643	1.628
15	Romain Grosjean	14	1'04.691	1.676
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F1 Austrian Grand Prix qualifying Q1 results

Cla	Driver	Laps	Time	Gap
1	Max Verstappen	8	1'04.024
2	Valtteri Bottas	6	1'04.111	0.087
3	Lewis Hamilton	8	1'04.198	0.174
4	Lance Stroll	8	1'04.309	0.285
5	Charles Leclerc	8	1'04.500	0.476
6	Carlos Sainz Jr.	6	1'04.537	0.513
7	Sergio Perez	7	1'04.543	0.519
8	Sebastian Vettel	7	1'04.554	0.530
9	Daniel Ricciardo	6	1'04.556	0.532
10	Pierre Gasly	8	1'04.603	0.579
11	Lando Norris	6	1'04.606	0.582
12	Alex Albon	6	1'04.661	0.637
13	Esteban Ocon	6	1'04.933	0.909
14	Daniil Kvyat	8	1'05.031	1.007
15	Romain Grosjean	8	1'05.094	1.070
16	Kevin Magnussen	8	1'05.164	1.140
17	George Russell	10	1'05.167	1.143
18	Antonio Giovinazzi	8	1'05.175	1.151
19	Kimi Raikkonen	9	1'05.224	1.200
20	Nicholas Latifi	12	1'05.757	1.733
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