After a more than complicated start to the season, Mercedes seems to be climbing the slope in recent weeks with podiums gleaned by its two British drivers: George Russell et Lewis Hamilton.
Again in the game this Friday for the qualifications of the sprint race of the Austrian GP, the Silver Arrows experienced a simply catastrophic Q3. Five minutes from time, the seven-time world champion, despite his excellent skills in qualifying, lost control of his W13, causing a red flag and ending his hopes of pole.
All the hopes of the German team then rested on his young teammate. But when he was in fifth place and there were only three short minutes left for the end of qualifying, the 24-year-old driver in turn crashed his car into the wall.
It’s finally the inevitable Max Verstappen who win the session in front of the two Ferraris.