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2023 Austrian Grand Prix qualifying: Max Verstappen took pole

Max Verstappen took pole for Red Bull ahead of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr. at Spielberg.

Explore the race weekend, results, standings, drivers, teams, and related Formula 1 history.

Race recap

Pole
Max Verstappen
Pole team
Red Bull
Front row
Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc
Classified
Top 20
Round
10
Circuit
Spielberg
Qualifying date
June 30, 2023

The front of the grid

Max Verstappen qualified first for Red Bull. Charles Leclerc secured the other front-row place for Ferrari, with Carlos Sainz Jr. third for Ferrari.

How the classification lined up

The first three positions were Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, and Carlos Sainz Jr.. P4 through P20 were Lando Norris, Lewis Hamilton, Lance Stroll, Fernando Alonso, Nico Hülkenberg, Pierre Gasly, Alexander Albon, George Russell, Esteban Ocon, Oscar Piastri, Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Pérez, Yuki Tsunoda, Guanyu Zhou, Logan Sargeant, Kevin Magnussen, and Nyck de Vries.

Team representation

Alfa Romeo placed 2 cars, AlphaTauri placed 2 cars, Alpine placed 2 cars, Aston Martin placed 2 cars, Ferrari placed 2 cars, Haas placed 2 cars, McLaren placed 2 cars, Mercedes placed 2 cars, Red Bull placed 2 cars, and Williams placed 2 cars in the published classification. This summary reports only the supplied order and driver identities.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jun 17, 2024.

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