***RacerViews coverage of the 2024 Formula 1 World Championship was on hold so our team could enjoy some time away, please enjoy our post-session recaps before the 2024 British Grand Prix this weekend***
An epic battle for the win saw Max Verstappen dual with both McLaren’s Saturday afternoon as the Dutchman converted from pole to add yet another Sprint Race victory to his trophy case. Leading from the start, Verstappen was able to initially hold off a challenge from Lando Norris, but the McLaren driver soon passed for P1 with a bold move, only to see the lead slip back into Verstappen’s hands as the fight for the lead allowed Oscar Piastri to slip by Norris for second place.
HIGHLIGHTS: Catch the action from the Sprint in Austria as Verstappen takes victory from Piastri and Norris
With the top three fighting for supremacy, George Russell continued his strong run in form, leading from Sainz and Hamilton as Charles LeClerc recovered from a 10th place starting spot to finish seventh ahead of Sergio Perez in the final points positions for the race.
The Saturday Sprint win extends Verstappen’s championship lead to 71 points ahead of current title rival Lando Norris as LeClerc sits 3rd in the fight, 6 points behind Norris.
Tune back in for the second qualifying of the weekend as drivers regroup for the Sunday Race qualifying session at 16:00 local time.
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Sprint Qualifying Report – CLICK HERE
FORMULA 1 QATAR AIRWAYS AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX 2024 Schedule
| Date | Session | Time (Local Circuit) |
| June 28th | Practice 1 | 12:30 – 13:30 |
| Sprint Qualifying | 16:30 – 17:14 | |
| June 29th | Sprint Shootout | 13:30 |
| Qualifying | 16:00 – 17:00 | |
| June 30th | Race | 15:00 |
Sprint Results:
| POS | NO | DRIVER | CAR | LAPS | TIME/RETIRED | PTS |
| 1 | 1 | Max Verstappen | RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT | 23 | 26:41.389 | 8 |
| 2 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | MCLAREN MERCEDES | 23 | 4.616s | 7 |
| 3 | 4 | Lando Norris | MCLAREN MERCEDES | 23 | 5.348s | 6 |
| 4 | 63 | George Russell | MERCEDES | 23 | 8.354s | 5 |
| 5 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | FERRARI | 23 | 9.989s | 4 |
| 6 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | MERCEDES | 23 | 11.207s | 3 |
| 7 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | FERRARI | 23 | 13.424s | 2 |
| 8 | 11 | Sergio Perez | RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT | 23 | 17.409s | 1 |
| 9 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | HAAS FERRARI | 23 | 24.067s | 0 |
| 10 | 18 | Lance Stroll | ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES | 23 | 30.175s | 0 |
| 11 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | ALPINE RENAULT | 23 | 30.839s | 0 |
| 12 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | ALPINE RENAULT | 23 | 31.308s | 0 |
| 13 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB HONDA RBPT | 23 | 35.452s | 0 |
| 14 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | RB HONDA RBPT | 23 | 39.397s | 0 |
| 15 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES | 23 | 43.155s | 0 |
| 16 | 2 | Logan Sargeant | WILLIAMS MERCEDES | 23 | 44.076s | 0 |
| 17 | 23 | Alexander Albon | WILLIAMS MERCEDES | 23 | 44.673s | 0 |
| 18 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | KICK SAUBER FERRARI | 23 | 46.511s | 0 |
| 19 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | HAAS FERRARI | 23 | 48.423s | 0 |
| 20 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | KICK SAUBER FERRARI | 23 | 53.143s | 0 |
