Lewis Hamilton (GBR), Mercedes AMG F1 Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 11, Austrian Grand Prix, Spielberg, Austria,
Lewis Hamilton (GBR), Mercedes AMG F1 Formula 1 World Championship, Rd…

Every lap of a dramatic F1 Austrian Grand Prix Qualifying

Lewis Hamilton crashed his Mercedes during Qualifying for the Sprint race at the F1 Austrian Grand Prix.

Max Verstappen took pole position.

08 Jul 2022
16:47

Verstappen, Leclerc and Hamilton is our top three prediction for Q3!

16:41

Out in Q2: Gasly, Albon, Bottas, Tsunoda and Norris.

16:40

Chequered flag out for Q2...

16:40

Perez moves up to sixth as he safely makes it through.

16:39

Albon goes 10th fastest for Williams - a good lap from the Thai driver.

Magnussen moves his Haas up to sixth.

16:38

In the bottom five currently: Perez, Albon. Gasly, Tsunoda and Norris.

16:37

Ocon moves up to sixth in the Alpine, just ahead of Alonso.

16:37

Leclerc goes quickest with a 1m05.287s, 0.1s ahead of Hamilton.

16:36
16:35

Both Ferraris head back out on track.

16:34

Perez drops into the bottom five - into 11th for the Mexican now.

16:33

Alonso goes sixth in the Alpine, 0.6s down on Hamilton.

16:33

Bottas goes 10th in the Alfa Romeo, displacing Albon in 11th.

16:31

Hamilton improves again to a 1m05.475s, 0.093s ahead of Verstappen.

16:29

Hamilton goes fastest with a 1m05.538s, 0.030s ahead of Verstappen. Russell into third.

16:27
16:25

Q2 is now underway...

16:19

Out in Q1: Ricciardo, Vettel, Stroll, Zhou and Latifi.

16:19

Ricciardo is out as well. 

16:18

Zhou is out of quaifying. Who else will be eliminated?

16:16

Stroll moves up to 15th, putting Ricciardo into the drop-zone.

16:15

In the bottom five currently: Zhou, Vettel, Latifi, Stroll and Albon.

16:14

Norris moves into eighth in the McLaren, putting Zhou into the bottom five.

16:13

Sainz raises the bar higher but then Leclerc does - both Ferraris on new tyres.

16:13

Verstappen returns to the top of the timesheets, 0.2s clear of Hamilton.