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2022 Austrian Grand Prix Index

Welcome to our index page of the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix. From here you will find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from Spielberg.

Session Reports

FP1: Verstappen leads the field in opening practice in Austria

Qualifying: Verstappen pips Leclerc and Sainz to Austria pole as both Mercedes crash

FP2: Ferrari's Sainz and Leclerc lead final practice in Austria

Sprint: Verstappen wins Austria sprint ahead of duelling Ferraris

Race: Leclerc too fast for Verstappen as Sainz blows up in Austria

Photos

Gallery: All the pictures from Thursday's build-up in Spielberg

Gallery: All the pictures from qualifying day in Spielberg

Gallery: All the pictures from sprint day in Spielberg

Gallery: All the pictures from race day in Spielberg

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:06.302s		34
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:06.557s	+ 0.255s	32
3	George Russell	Mercedes	1:06.702s	+ 0.400s	32
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:06.839s	+ 0.537s	27
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:06.909s	+ 0.607s	31
6	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:06.965s	+ 0.663s	32
7	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:07.039s	+ 0.737s	29
8	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:07.100s	+ 0.798s	32
9	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:07.246s	+ 0.944s	32
10	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:07.296s	+ 0.994s	33
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:07.431s	+ 1.129s	26
12	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:07.462s	+ 1.160s	27
13	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:07.476s	+ 1.174s	29
14	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:07.522s	+ 1.220s	27
15	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:07.582s	+ 1.280s	32
16	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:07.592s	+ 1.290s	33
17	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:07.743s	+ 1.441s	25
18	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:07.889s	+ 1.587s	28
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:08.149s	+ 1.847s	28
20	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:09.915s	+ 3.613s	14

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:05.852s	1:05.374s	1:04.984s
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:05.419s	1:05.287s	1:05.013s
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:05.660s	1:05.576s	1:05.066s
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:06.143s	1:05.805s	1:05.404s
5	George Russell	Mercedes	1:06.235s	1:05.697s	1:05.431s
6	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:06.468s	1:05.993s	1:05.726s
7	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:06.366s	1:05.894s	1:05.879s
8	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:06.405s	1:06.151s	1:06.011s
9	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:06.016s	1:06.082s	1:06.103s
10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:06.079s	1:05.475s	1:13.151s
11	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:06.589s	1:06.160s
12	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:06.516s	1:06.230s
13	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:06.442s	1:06.319s
14	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:06.463s	1:06.851s
15	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:06.330s	1:25.847s
16	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:06.613s
17	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:06.847s
18	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:06.901s
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:07.003s
20	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:07.083s

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:08.610s		40
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:08.660s	+ 0.050s	43
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:08.778s	+ 0.168s	32
4	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:08.832s	+ 0.222s	21
5	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:08.848s	+ 0.238s	24
6	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:09.179s	+ 0.569s	36
7	George Russell	Mercedes	1:09.240s	+ 0.630s	33
8	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:09.251s	+ 0.641s	26
9	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:09.350s	+ 0.740s	14
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:09.519s	+ 0.909s	38
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:09.525s	+ 0.915s	43
12	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:09.579s	+ 0.969s	37
13	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:09.602s	+ 0.992s	44
14	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:09.665s	+ 1.055s	36
15	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:09.700s	+ 1.090s	32
16	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:09.740s	+ 1.130s	34
17	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:09.852s	+ 1.242s	34
18	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:09.960s	+ 1.350s	34
19	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:10.005s	+ 1.395s	39
20	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:10.261s	+ 1.651s	36

Sprint results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	23 laps - 26:30.059s	0
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 1.675s	0
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 5.644s	0
4	George Russell	Mercedes	+ 13.429s	0
5	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	+ 18.302s	0
6	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 31.032s	0
7	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 34.539s	0
8	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 35.447s	0
9	Mick Schumacher	Haas	+ 37.163s	0
10	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	+ 37.557s	0
11	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 38.580s	0
12	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	+ 39.738s	0
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 48.241s	0
14	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	+ 50.753s	0
15	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	+ 52.125s	0
16	Alexander Albon	Williams	+ 52.412s	0
17	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+ 54.556s	0
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	+ 68.694s	0
	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	DNF	1
	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	DNS

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	71 laps - 1:24:24.312s	3
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+ 1.532s	3
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 41.217s	2
4	George Russell	Mercedes	+ 58.972s	2
5	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 68.436s	2
6	Mick Schumacher	Haas	+ 1 lap	2
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 1 lap	2
8	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 1 lap	2
9	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	+ 1 lap	2
10	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	+ 1 lap	3
11	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	2
12	Alexander Albon	Williams	+ 1 lap	2
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 1 lap	2
14	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	2
15	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	+ 1 lap	2
16	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+ 1 lap	2
17	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	+ 1 lap	2
	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	DNF	2
	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	DNF	3
	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	DNF	2

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