Max Verstappen has achieved in Austria the 40th pole of his sporting career and the eighth of the season. He did it after looking very tight on Friday in the Sprint qualy and on Saturday in the race Sprintlearn where I could put more time together McLaren y execute the plan without mercy To leave far away to Norris and Piastri,
Hay who regrets that Max is always on top, with the refrain that ‘the same guy always wins’, many of them, the same ones who celebrated every Hamilton record for eight years, without any opposition, except that of Nico Rosberg, with whom he was defeated in 2016. But the Dutchman does have opponents, now two cars perhaps faster, whose pilots are diluted before the mountain of extreme difficulty, where the hypoxia in each attempt.
For the road, is again a favorite, in a car that only he can take on the right path right now and in which he finds new ways of improvement every time he feels challenged or overwhelmed by someone.
And it is not true that the same one always wins, since Emilia Romagna, a month and a half ago, he had lost the pole positions in Monaco, Canada and Spain. At his squad’s home he regains the taste of first in qualifying.
Sainz fourth, Leclerc sixth for seeding
Carlos Sainz was the best of the Ferraris again, caressing third place in the session until the end and resisting the fate of being swallowed up by the McLarens and the Mercedes.Russell was able to beat him again, but no Hamilton, no Leclerc, no Piastri, dropped to seventh due to track limits.
The mission of being on the podium, watching Ferrari’s problems in the morning sprint race with the brakes, seems very difficult, but Carlos is going to try to get back to the wave at the beginning of the season.
Y his partner, was pushed to the limit by the man from Madrid, with impressive improvement on the second attempt and The Monegasque tried so hard to avoid being defeated that he ended up jumping off the curb and rolling around the field at the Red Bull Ring. The initiative go back to Carlos for the start of the race and strategy.
Alonso, 15th with an old engine
It is true that The Aston Martin was not up to feats this weekend, but at least Fernando moved on to Q2 and he did so while Stroll, his teammate, was eliminated in 17th place. in Q1. For the Canadian it is one of his best tracks of the year, but Fernando also learned from Friday and was able to beat him this time, despite having a old engine.
it is at the edge of its useful life, but it was decided to wait for Silverstone to fit a new one and despite this, he took from him what he didn’t have. He’s not happy, but knows that there is nothing more to scratch until there is a change of course in the form of important news.
Q2: Sainz passed as second and Alonso eliminated as 15th
Carlos aimed highto one of the first two lines, for the grill, with another great lap in which he only fell to an alien called Verstappen. He scored more than four tenths when that was the time gap from second to last in the second round.
Alonso could not continue working miracles and after a great second round, perhaps insurmountable, he was eliminated in 15th place. along with Tsunoda, Gasly Magnussen and Ricciardo. The surprises that entered Q3 were Checo Pérez, after several dates outside, Hulkenberg y Ocon.
Q1: Sainz passed first and Alonso, at the limit, 15th
And Sainz With a special lap of the house, he surpassed all his rivals and the best time was recorded in the first knockout round, ahead of Piastri, Verstappen and Norris.
Alonsofor its part, exhausting two new games and one used, was classified in the last working place (15th), although He was only 0.4 seconds off Carlos’ time..Stroll this time fell as 17º and he will start behind the Asturian, on his favorite circuit of the year and despite not having problems with his engine like the Asturian.
