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Lando Norris took a dominant pole position at the Austrian Grand Prix as late yellow flag drama left championship leader Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen frustrated.
Norris has topped every session since second practice and continued his superb form into qualifying, beating Charles Leclerc to pole by over half a second - the biggest pole margin of the 2025 F1 season so far.
Piastri, who is 22 points ahead of Norris in the Drivers' Championship, and Verstappen were unable to complete their last Q3 runs due to yellow flags caused by a Pierre Gasly spin, but both drivers would have struggled to beat the flying Norris.
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Lewis Hamilton recorded his best qualifying of the year in fourth, ahead of George Russell and Racing Bulls' Liam Lawson.
Verstappen had to settle for seventh but was on course to be on the front row until he was forced to abort his lap before the penultimate corner for the spinning Gasly.
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Sauber's Gabriel Bortoleto reached Q3 for the first time and qualified eighth, with Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli in ninth and Gasly in 10th.
Red Bull's Yuki Tsunoda suffered his third consecutive Q1 elimination and will start Sunday's race in Spielberg from 18th when the lights go out at 2pm on Sunday, live on Sky Sports F1 and Sky Sports Main Event.
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Austrian GP Qualifying Timesheet
| 1) Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:09.971 |
| 2) Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | +0.521 |
| 3) Oscar Piastri | McLaren | +0.583 |
| 4) Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | +0.611 |
| 5) George Russell | Mercedes | +0.792 |
| 6) Liam Lawson | Racing Bulls | +0.955 |
| 7) Max Verstappen | Red Bull | +0.958 |
| 8) Gabriel Bortoleto | Sauber | +1.161 |
| 9) Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes | +1.305 |
| 10) Pierre Gasly | Alpine | +1.678 |
| Knocked out in Q2 | ||
| 11) Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1:05.128 |
| 12) Alex Albon | Williams | 1:05.205 |
| 13) Isack Hadjar | Racing Bulls | 1:05.226 |
| 14) Franco Colapinto | Alpine | 1:05.288 |
| 15) Oliver Bearman | Haas | 1:05.312 |
| Knocked out in Q1 | ||
| 16) Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:05.329 |
| 17) Esteban Ocon | Haas | 1:05.364 |
| 18) Yuki Tsunoda | Red Bull | 1:05.369 |
| 19) Carlos Sainz | Williams | 1:05.582 |
| 20) Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber | 1:05.606 |
Sky Sports F1's Austrian GP schedule
Sunday June 29
7.25am: F3 Feature Race
8.55am: F2 Feature Race
10.40am: Porsche Supercup
12.30pm: Grand Prix Sunday: Austrian GP build-up*
2pm: THE AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX*
4pm: Chequered Flag: Austrian GP reaction*
5pm: Ted's Notebook
*also on Sky Sports Main Event
Next up for the 2025 Formula 1 season is a return to Europe for the Austrian Grand Prix, which is live on Sky Sports F1 this weekend. Stream Sky Sports with NOW - no contract, cancel anytime.
