Verstappen is considered the favorite to win the title (Peter Fox/Getty)
Red Bull’s current world champion driver, Max, will start Verstappenfrom first place in the Austrian Grand Prix tomorrow, Sunday, during the eleventh round of the World Championships Formula OneHe beat his rivals in the Sprint Race on Saturday.
Verstappen will start from pole position at the Red Bull Ring circuit in Spielberg, having been the favorite for the title this year, the fastest in the 24 laps.
Behind Verstappen is the Ferrari duo, Charles Leclerc of Monaco and his Spanish colleague Carlos Sainz, knowing that Verstappen won 8 points in the sprint, while the Italian team’s drivers got 7 and 6 points, respectively.
In turn, Britain’s George Russell scored 5 points for finishing fourth, ahead of Red Bull’s other Mexican Sergio Perez and French Esteban Ocon of the Alpine team.
The sprint race is not held permanently, as only 3 races have been scheduled for this competition in the regular season, the first was in the fourth round at the Italian Imola circuit, then the second in the Austrian prix, with the last in Brazil at the Interlagos circuit in the penultimate round.
Verstappen raised his score to 189 at the top of the drivers’ standings, ahead of Perez 151 and his teammate Leclerc 145, while Sainz is fourth with 133 points, knowing that the Austrian Grand Prix starts Sunday at 4:00 pm Doha time (14:00 GMT). .
