Verstappen wins the F1 qualifying race in Austria!

Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen took the lead in winning the F1 qualifying race at the Austrian Grand Prix, round 11 of the 2022 F1 season, beating the Ferrari duo.

Verstappen started from pole position at the Red Bull Ring, used medium-hardness tires to be able to press at the start of the race, and then controlled the course of this race.

Verstappen was able to easily extend the gap to the Ferrari duo in the first laps due to the fierce competition between Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz.

Sainz competed with Leclerc and tried to overtake him in the straights, before Leclerc was able to regain his position and defend his position once morest the Spaniard who won the last British Grand Prix, where the heated competition between the two drivers continues, indicating the existence of tension between them.

In the end, Leclerc managed to maintain his position, and preserve his tires as well, to be able to reduce the difference to Verstappen in the last laps, and in return expanded the difference to Sainz, as Leclerc crossed the finish line 1.6 seconds behind Verstappen, and 4 seconds in front of Sainz.

George Russell did well in the race, in a single race without any competition, crossing the finish line fourth for Mercedes, beating one of the race’s star drivers, Verstappen’s Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez.

Perez started from 13th following his qualifying penalty, moved up to eighth on the first lap, and then shone as he completed a string of daring passes and enjoyed an impressive pace on his way to the finish line fifth in front of Alpine driver Esteban Ocon.

Ocon, in sixth place, was the only Alpine representative in this race, as the team was unable to successfully start the engine of Fernando Alonso’s car before the start of the race, and returned to the pits to withdraw before the start.

The Haas team enjoyed a good pace throughout this race, with Kevin Magnussen and Mick Schumacher seventh and eighth, respectively, and Schumacher under a lot of pressure from Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton.

Lap by lap, Schumacher might have defended his position once morest the constant pressure of Hamilton, showing a maturity in his driving style, but the 7-times world champion, with a few laps left, overtook Schumacher to cross the finish line eighth in front of Schumacher, in pole position. Ninth, while Valtteri Bottas completed the race in tenth place, but he will start from the bottom of the standings in the main race due to the penalty for using a new power unit.

The McLaren duo finished the qualifying race on the cusp of the top ten, 11 and 12, while Lance Stroll crossed the line in 13th, while teammate Sebastian Vettel retired following his car collided with Alexander Albon’s Williams, which led to Vettel off the track, and slowly back for a few minutes. Laps before pulling out.

Guanyu Joe finished 14th for Alfa Romeo, ahead of Alfa Tauri duo Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda in 15th and 17th, while Alexander Albon, who received a 5-second penalty for forcing Norris off the track in the first laps, finished 16th and his teammate Nicholas Latifi finished 16th. in last place.