Motor racing-Norris places McLaren on pole in Austria, Piastri third

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc joined Norris on the entrance row with teammate Lewis Hamilton fourth, elevating the Italian staff’s hopes after a tough weekend to date.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen certified solely seventh at his staff’s house circuit after pulling out of his remaining flying effort when Alpine’s Pierre Gasly spun on the final nook and briefly introduced out yellow flags.

Piastri was additionally compelled to bale however had been slower than Norris in each of the primary two phases.

Norris, who wants a powerful outcome after a collision with Piastri in Canada two weeks in the past, is 22 factors behind the Australian within the championship after 10 of 24 races.

“I did what I planned to do and when I plan to do something and it goes right, it normally goes very, very well,” stated Norris.

“A good day and it has been a good weekend for me so far, so hopefully we can keep it up.”

The pole was his third of the season and he gained each of the earlier two with quickest lap in Australia and Monaco.

RED FLAG

George Russell, final yr’s race winner, certified fifth for Mercedes however confronted an investigation for a possible unsafe launch within the pitlane.

Liam Lawson will line up sixth for Racing Bulls, forward of Verstappen, with Brazilian rookie Gabriel Bortoleto making it into the ultimate section for the primary time and qualifying eighth for Sauber.

Italian rookie Kimi Antonelli was ninth quickest for Mercedes and Gasly accomplished the highest 10.

The second section of qualifying was red-flagged when the trackside grass at flip 10 caught hearth, the newest of a collection of such incidents.

The governing FIA stated the hearth was attributable to a automotive going off observe, reasonably than by sparks from the titanium skid blocks, and carried out further dampening of the grass earlier than the ultimate prime 10 shootout.

Verstappen’s teammate Yuki Tsunoda and Williams’ Carlos Sainz made early exits, neither getting by way of the opening section.

“There’s damage in the car, for sure. The car is undriveable … it’s pulling under braking, no load in high speed,” stated Sainz, who certified nineteenth with solely Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg behind.

He defined later that the staff had put new brakes on the automotive for qualifying, as ordinary, but it surely began pulling to at least one facet instantly.

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