Verstappen raises the level for pole and Sainz will start fourth at the Red Bull Ring

The Dutch driver Max Verstappen (Red Bull) has signed the pole this Saturday for Sunday’s race of the Austrian Grand Prix, the eleventh round of the Formula 1 World Championship, while the Spanish Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) and Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) They will start fourth and fifteenth, respectively.

With a time of 1:04.314, the three-time world champion guaranteed his second pole of the weekend on a great Saturday in which he also achieved victory in the sprint race. Next to him, on the front row, will be the British Lando Norris (McLaren), second.

Meanwhile, the British George Russell (Mercedes) benefited from the decision of the stewards to annul the Australian Oscar Piastri (McLaren) – who had placed third – for exceeding the track limits, and will lead a second line of grill in which Sainz will also be.