World Championship leader Max Verstappen of Red Bull claimed pole position for the Styrian Grand Prix on Saturday as Mercedes’ Valterri Bot...
World Championship leader Max Verstappen of Red Bull claimed pole position for the Styrian Grand Prix on Saturday as Mercedes’ Valterri Bottas complained of getting “screwed over”.
Bottas was second quickest but dropped to fifth on the grid because of a three-place penalty imposed on Friday, leaving teammate Lewis Hamilton to start on the front row with Verstappen.
“It has been a very good weekend,” said Verstappen.
“The car was very good to drive in qualifying. It was not easy to deal with the traffic, the fifth lap in Q3 was good enough in the end. Super happy to be on pole here at home. It’s always nice to see a Red Bull car first here.”
McLaren’s Lando Norris produced the performance of the day, pushing the front runners all the way and finishing fourth, meaning he will start from third.
Norris was followed by the second Red Bull of Sergio Perez and the Alpha Tauris of Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda who were split by Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari in seventh.
Fernando Alonso in the Alpine and Lance Stroll’s Aston Martin rounded out the top 10 with George Russell just missing out in his Williams.
Tsunoda, however, was later given a three-place penalty for impeding Bottas, moving Russell up to the...
