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Home » Austrian GP: Lando Norris takes dominant pole position from Charles Leclerc, Max Verstappen only seventh at Red Bull Ring | F1 News
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Austrian GP: Lando Norris takes dominant pole position from Charles Leclerc, Max Verstappen only seventh at Red Bull Ring | F1 News

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Lando Norris took a dominant pole position at the Austrian Grand Prix as late yellow flag drama left championship leader Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen frustrated.

Norris has topped every session since second practice and continued his superb form into qualifying, beating Charles Leclerc to pole by over half a second – the biggest pole margin of the 2025 F1 season so far.

Piastri, who is 22 points ahead of Norris in the Drivers’ Championship, and Verstappen were unable to complete their last Q3 runs due to yellow flags caused by a Pierre Gasly spin, but both drivers would have struggled to beat the flying Norris.

Lewis Hamilton recorded his best qualifying of the year in fourth, ahead of George Russell and Racing Bulls’ Liam Lawson.

Verstappen, who is 43 points behind Piastri in the standings, had to settle for seventh but was on course to be on the front row until he was forced to abort his lap before the penultimate corner for the spinning Gasly.

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A late yellow flag caused by Pierre Gasly saw Max Verstappen bail on final lap and Lando Norris take pole in Austria.

A late yellow flag caused by Pierre Gasly saw Max Verstappen bail on final lap and Lando Norris take pole in Austria

Sauber’s Gabriel Bortoleto reached Q3 for the first time and qualified eighth, with Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli in ninth and Gasly in 10th.

Red Bull’s Yuki Tsunoda suffered his third consecutive Q1 elimination and will start Sunday’s race in Spielberg from 18th when the lights go out at 2pm on Sunday, live on Sky Sports F1 and Sky Sports Main Event.

Austrian GP Qualifying: Top 10

1) Lando Norris, McLaren

2) Charles Leclerc, Ferrari

3) Oscar Piastri, McLaren

4) Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari

5) George Russell, Mercedes

6) Liam Lawson, Racing Bulls

7) Max Verstappen, Red Bull

8) Gabriel Bortoleto, Sauber

9) Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes

10) Pierre Gasly, Alpine

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Yuki Tsunoda exits during the first round of qualifying of the Austrian GP.

Yuki Tsunoda’s struggles in the Red Bull continue after he qualified 18th for the Austrian Grand Prix

‘Outstanding’ Norris reignites title bid

After running into the back of his team-mate last time out in Canada, Norris hit the ground running straight away in Austria.

Having sat out first practice for Irish teenager Alex Dunne, who grabbed the attention of the paddock with an impressive performance, Norris was quickest in second practice and final practice.

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Austrian Grand Prix: Lando Norris 'reassured' with Austrian GP pole

Lando Norris says he’s been working hard to move in the right direction, and felt reassured after taking pole in Austria

He comfortably topped Q1 before Piastri was only one tenth slower in Q2 and appeared to have time in hand, setting up a big battle for pole.

However, Norris found another gear with a 1:04.268 on his first run to take provisional pole by 0.228s from Leclerc, then went even quicker with a blistering 1:03.971 with his last effort.

Naomi Schiff on Lando Norris

Sky Sports F1’s Naomi Schiff:

“We’ll never really know how close they would have got to him, Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen, but you’ve got to say hats off to Lando.

“He put it together, he didn’t mess up the lap, and it’s been outstanding from him so far this weekend.”

“My Q3 run one was good but I knew there were a few places where, if I just got it right, I could still get quite a bit more time and I did exactly that,” said Norris.

“I did what I planned to do and when I plan to do something and it goes right, it normally goes very, very well. So very happy. A good day and it has been a good weekend for me so far, so hopefully we can keep it up.

“It’s a long season and I still savour this moment, especially as some of my tougher moments have been in qualy. So to put in the lap like today, to put in the performance like I had, was pleasing for myself. I’m excited. I want to prove to to myself over and over again and hopefully this is the beginning of it.”

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Max Verstappen was left frustrated after only qualifying seventh for Sunday's race, while Anthony Davidson was at the SkyPad to see whether a yellow flag ruined his hopes of getting pole position.

Max Verstappen was left frustrated after only qualifying seventh for Sunday’s race, while Anthony Davidson was at the SkyPad to see whether a yellow flag ruined his hopes of getting pole position

Piastri was nearly three tenths down after the first run but Gasly spun in front of him just as both drivers were about to start their flying laps.

DRS was briefly disabled by the stewards and Piastri could not get a proper run out of the last corner to start his lap, so he did not have the opportunity to challenge his team-mate.

“Lando has been very quick all weekend and it would have been a tough challenge, but I think we easily had enough pace in the car this weekend to be on the front row,” said Piastri.

“So always a shame when you don’t even get the chance but we can still have a good race from there. It’s sometimes just not your day.”

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Red Bull boss Christian Horner is confident Max Verstappen will remain with the team and that he won't replace George Russell at Mercedes.

Red Bull boss Christian Horner is confident Max Verstappen will remain with the team and that he won’t replace George Russell at Mercedes

Verstappen was on course to be second or third had he been able to complete his lap, so faces an uphill battle to win for a record-extending sixth time at the Red Bull Ring from seventh.

The reigning world champion was unhappy with the balance of his car but had strong race pace in final practice and will look to get ahead of the Mercedes and Ferraris.

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George Russell almost caused an accident in the pit lane after an unsafe release from Mercedes during qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix.

George Russell almost caused an accident in the pit lane during qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix

Leclerc took advantage of the yellow flag drama to take his third front row of the year and Hamilton had his best Saturday qualifying of 2025 in fourth, which will give Ferrari encouragement, particularly as they brought a new floor to Austria.

Elsewhere, Lawson also enjoyed his best qualifying result in sixth with Racing Bulls team-mate Isack Hadjar knocked out in Q2 in 13th.

Like Tsunoda, Williams’ Carlos Sainz also suffered his third straight Q1 elimination and will start the Austrian Grand Prix from the back row with Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg

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Lewis Hamilton was upbeat after a 'fantastic' qualifying performance, which saw the Ferrari driver take fourth for the race on Sunday.

Lewis Hamilton was upbeat after a ‘fantastic’ qualifying performance, which saw the Ferrari driver take fourth for the race on Sunday

Austrian GP Qualifying Timesheet

Driver
Team
Time

1) Lando Norris
McLaren
1:09.971

2) Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
+0.521

3) Oscar Piastri
McLaren
+0.583

4) Lewis Hamilton
Ferrari
+0.611

5) George Russell
Mercedes
+0.792

6) Liam Lawson
Racing Bulls
+0.955

7) Max Verstappen
Red Bull
+0.958

8) Gabriel Bortoleto
Sauber
+1.161

9) Kimi Antonelli
Mercedes
+1.305

10) Pierre Gasly
Alpine
+1.678

Knocked out in Q2

11) Fernando Alonso
Aston Martin
1:05.128

12) Alex Albon
Williams
1:05.205

13) Isack Hadjar
Racing Bulls
1:05.226

14) Franco Colapinto
Alpine
1:05.288

15) Oliver Bearman
Haas
1:05.312

Knocked out in Q1

16) Lance Stroll
Aston Martin
1:05.329

17) Esteban Ocon
Haas
1:05.364

18) Yuki Tsunoda
Red Bull
1:05.369

19) Carlos Sainz
Williams
1:05.582

20) Nico Hulkenberg
Sauber
1:05.606

Sky Sports F1’s Austrian GP schedule

Sunday June 29
7.25am: F3 Feature Race
8.55am: F2 Feature Race
10.40am: Porsche Supercup
12.30pm: Grand Prix Sunday: Austrian GP build-up*
2pm: THE AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX*
4pm: Chequered Flag: Austrian GP reaction*
5pm: Ted’s Notebook

*also on Sky Sports Main Event

Next up for the 2025 Formula 1 season is a return to Europe for the Austrian Grand Prix, which is live on Sky Sports F1 this weekend. Stream Sky Sports with NOW – no contract, cancel anytime.



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