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Leclerc on pole in Austria

Writer's picture: Andrew ZarbAndrew Zarb


Ferrari's Charles Leclerc has qualified on pole position for the 2019 Austrian Grand Prix, with Lewis Hamilton qualifying on the front row for Mercedes. However, Hamilton was given a 3-place grid penalty for impeding Kimi Raikkonen during the first part of qualifying. Max Verstappen qualified in third for Red Bull, his best qualifying of the season, whilst Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas qualified in fourth. Sebastian Vettel failed to set a laptime during the final part of qualifying as it is understood that he suffered a problem with the air pressure line to his engine.

Starting grid:

Charles Leclerc - Ferrari

Max Verstappen - Red Bull Racing-Honda

Valtteri Bottas - Mercedes

Lando Norris - McLaren-Renault Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes Kimi Raikkonen - Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari

Antonio Giovinazzi - Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari

Pierre Gasly - Red Bull Racing-Honda

Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari

Kevin Magnussen - Haas-Ferrari

Romain Grosjean - Haas-Ferrari

Daniel Ricciardo - Renault

Sergio Perez - Racing Point-BWT Mercedes

Lance Stroll - Racing Point-BWT Mercedes Daniil Kvyat - Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda

Robert Kubica - Williams-Mercedes Nico Hulkenberg - Renault

George Russell - Williams-Mercedes

Alexander Albon - Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda

Carlos Sainz - McLaren-Renault


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