MAX VERSTAPPEN will be looking to claim another big race win today at the Austrian Grand Prix.
The Dutchman's triumph in Canada last month added to his colossal lead at the top of the F1 driver standings.
But Brit legend Lewis Hamilton is still looking for his first race win since the end of the 2021 season.
- Start time: 2pm BST
- Live stream/TV: Sky Sports F1/NOW TV
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When is the Austrian Grand Prix?
- The Austrian Grand Prix will take place TODAY.
- The Grand Prix will start at 2pm BST.
- The Red Bull Ring will be the track.
What channel is the Austrian Grand Prix on and can it be live streamed?
- The Austrian Grand Prix will be broadcast live on Sky Sports F1.
- Sky Sports customers can live stream all the action via the NOW app, which is free to download onto your mobile or tablet device.
- Alternatively, you can keep up to date with all the action from Austria with SunSport's live blog.
- By Kieran Davies
Red Bull at odds in sprint race
Max Verstappen took the win in the sprint race, although he was not happy with a move from teammate Sergio Perez.
He felt that he was pushed off the track by Sergio Perez and told his Red Bull teammate what he thought of the move.
After the race, Verstappen said that the move was “really not okay” and that he and Perez would “have to have a chat about it”.
- By Kieran Davies
Red Bull will take some stopping
Max Verstappen is proving to somewhat of an immovable object on the top of the podium this season.
Even when he finished further back on the grid, the defending world champion came through to win the race.
Having finished on pole position, it is hard to see how anyone will displace him, other than the Dutch driver making a monumental error.
- By Kieran Davies
Verstappen speaks out about track limits
Defending world champion, Max Verstappen, spoke about how the track limits affected qualifying:
It was very difficult because of all the track limits. We don't do this on purpose but with these speeds and high-speed corners it is very difficult to judge the white line. A lot of people were being caught out, including me. It takes out the joy a little bit but still a very good lap. We looked very silly – we almost looked like amateurs and some of them were very, very marginal.
Max Verstappen Red Bull
- By Kieran Davies
Welcome to the Austrian Grand Prix
Max Verstappen managed to take pole position over Charles Leclerc after the Ferrari driver put the pressure on the defending world champion in qualifying.
Leclerc finished 0.048 seconds behind the Red Bull driver as Carlos Sainz finished third, to make it a successful day for Ferrari.
Talking about Red Bull, Sergio Perez finished outside of the top ten for a fourth race in a row.
Lando Norris impressed once again as he finished fourth, but the British driver needs to take this form into the race which has been lacking in previous races, despite impressive qualifying performances.
Lewis Hamilton finished in fifth spot with Lance Stroll finishing in sixth place, ahead of his Aston Martin teammate Fernando Alonso.
Stroll finishes above Alonso for the first time this season, but holding onto that position through the race will be a tough ask of the Aston Martin driver.
Track limits saw a lot of drivers laps deleted, with the circuit in Austria proving a testing one for all the drivers.
Verstappen commented how the amount of deleted laps in qualifying made the F1 drivers seem like amateurs.
Track limits are simply defined as the white lines surrounding the race surface and if the car’s four wheels cross over that, it is defined that the car has exceeded track limits.
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