Austrian Grand Prix 2020
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The start of the Austrian GP will be at 15:10 p.m. French time. The Grand Prix will be followed live with our live text.
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Verstappen: “I’m already happy to be 3rd. I will have a different set of tires. It will be warm and that should benefit us. Mercedes was nevertheless out of reach today. We should be better in racing. We have nothing to lose and I will try to make things difficult for Mercedes. »
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Bottas will start on pole in front of his teammate Hamilton, offering a 100% Mercedes front row.
Verstappen (Red Bull) will share the 2nd row with Norris (McLaren). The Dutchman will be the only driver in the Top 10 to start the race with medium tires. Albon (Red Bull) is 5th ahead of Pérez (Racing Point), Leclerc (Ferrari), Sainz Jr (McLaren), Stroll (Racing Point) and Ricciardo (Renault).
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Hamilton fails 12 thousandths behind his teammate Bottas. The Finn secures pole ahead of the Briton!
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Bottas went off the track and ended up in the gravel. The Finn will not be able to improve his mark.
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The contenders for pole embark on their last flying lap.
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Stroll (Racing Point) climbs to 6th place, one second from provisional pole after losing time in the last sector.
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Stroll (Racing Point) left the pits for his flying lap. Norris (McLaren) and Ricciardo (Renault) are still waiting.
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The Red Bulls cannot keep up with the pace of the Silver Arrows with Verstappen 6 tenths behind and Albon more than 9 tenths behind. Sainz Jr (McLaren) is 5th, more than a second ahead of Pérez (Racing Point). Leclerc (Ferrari) is only 7th and is the last driver to set a time. Norris (McLaren), Stroll (Racing Point) and Ricciardo (Renault) have not yet returned to the track.
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Bottas (Mercedes) set the best lap of the circuit in 1'02"939, more than a tenth ahead of his teammate Hamilton. This is almost a tenth ahead of the previous record established last year by Leclerc (Ferrari).
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The Mercedes and McLarens are the first to take to the track. Leclerc (Ferrari) joins the list of drivers on track with Racing Point.
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Q3 has just started. The drivers remain in the pits.
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The results of Q2 of the Austrian GP:
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Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) failed to qualify for the final qualifying session of the Austrian GP. The four-time world champion failed by more than a tenth of his teammate Charles Leclerc who is the last to qualify for Q3. The Ferraris preceded the AlphaTauri of Pierre Gasly and Daniil Kvyat. Esteban Ocon (Renault) and Romain Grosjean (Haas) completed the ranking.
The Mercedes were the fastest in Q2. Valtteri Bottas set the reference time in 1'03''015, 8 hundredths ahead of his teammate Lewis Hamilton. Alexander Albon (Red Bull) was the closest, 7 tenths behind. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) was the only one to qualify with the medium tires while the rest of the grid selected the soft compounds.
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Vettel is the first eliminated from Q2, more than a tenth behind his teammate Leclerc. Gasly (AlphaTauri) follows in 12th place ahead of his teammate Kvyat. Ocon (Renault) and Grosjean (Haas) complete the list.
Bottas (Mercedes) set the best time of the session in 1'03"015, 8 hundredths ahead of his teammate Hamilton.
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Ocon (Renault) improves his time but does not progress. The Frenchman will not qualify for Q3.
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Stroll (Racing Point) does not progress and remains 4th in the hierarchy, but the rest of the grid is back on the track.
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Stroll (Racing Point) is the first to return to the track.
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Verstappen (Red Bull) climbs to 6th place with his medium tires. The rest of the grid returned to the pits to prepare for their second attempt.
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Albon (Red Bull) missed the end of the lap and only took 13th position between Kvyat (AlphaTauri) and Ocon (Renault).
