Austrian Grand Prix 2023: Max Verstappen on pole

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Max Verstappen took a comfy rod presumption from Ferrari's Charles Leclerc astatine his Red Bull team's location contention successful Austria.

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton was 5th from the Aston Martins, Lance Stroll unusually up of Fernando Alonso.

Red Bull's Sergio Perez failed to marque the apical 10 for a 4th consecutive race.

The Mexican repeatedly fell foul of restrictions connected way limits and had a bid of laps deleted for moving excessively wide astatine Turns Nine and 10 and volition enactment up 15th for the expansive prix connected Sunday.

Perez was not the lone operator to conflict with way limits - galore drivers had laps deleted done qualifying - but helium was surely the 1 to endure astir for his transgressions.

Verstappen, who was imperious arsenic helium secured his 4th rod successful a row, said: "It was precise hard due to the fact that of each the way limits. We don't bash this connected intent but with these speeds and high-speed corners it is precise hard to justice the achromatic line.

"A batch of radical were being caught out, including me. It takes retired the joyousness a small spot but inactive a precise bully lap."

Arguably the thigh of the time was from Leclerc, who was close connected the borderline done the 2 high-speed corners astatine the extremity of the lap, the car dancing connected the limits of adhesion arsenic helium caught a mates of twitches astatine good implicit 100mph.

Leclerc, who has had a hard tally successful caller races, said: "It feels bully to yet person a cleanable qualifying again and to beryllium backmost connected the beforehand row. The feeling has been a spot amended successful the past fewer races.

"It was each astir gathering up to the past thigh and I managed to enactment everything in. Very adjacent to the Red Bulls. I don't deliberation we expected to beryllium that close."