Max Verstappen grabs Austria pole with lightning pace

Max Verstappen continues to dominate the weekend for the Austrian Grand Prix and after winning first practice, Sprint qualification and the Sprint on Saturday, he was untouchable in the qualification for the main race on Sunday.

It was his third consecutive pole position in Austria after starting from the front in 2022 and 2023.

The Dutch driver lapped the fastest time at 1.04.314, leaving at second place at 0.404 behind. Top three was completed by George Russell, who took advantage of a deleted lap time for Oscar Piastri.

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Fourth will be Carlos Sainz in front of Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc, who had a big mistake in the second to last corner as he flew off the track and went over serious bumps and could have damaged his car seriously.