F1 is in Austria as Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc are continuing their battle for the world championship.
Meanwhile Lewis Hamilton will look to have his say after an encouraging third place finish at last week’s British Grand Prix.
But things didn’t go to plan for him in Friday’s qualifying as he finished tenth after a crash.
Carlos Sainz is also looking to string a run of wins together after reinvigorating his season at the British Grand Prix.
However it is not yet known what state of mind he will be in after his dad suffered a brutal rally driving crash just days after watching him emerge victorious at Silverstone.
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Good drive from Perez
He started 13th and finished in fifth. A soild drive for the Mexican.
Leclerc is second, Sainz third.
A two-three finish for Ferrari while Russell comes home in fourth.
Perez, Ocon, Magnussen and Hamilton make up the top eight.
Max Verstappen wins the sprint race
The Dutchman was untroubled from pole and wins the sprint race. He gets another eight points added to his tally where he already sits at the top of the championship.
He will start on pole in tomorrow’s race too.
That was all too easy for him.
Penultimate lap
Verstappen is looking comfortable
He has a two second lead over Leclerc.
Vettel meanwhile has been told to retire the car due to car damage.
Hamilton gets him
He passes Schumacher at Turn four and he moves into eighth place.
Hamilton is getting closer…
Surely he will pass soon…
Bottas is now joining this fight.
Shame it is only for eighth place…
Hamilton cannot find a way into the top eight
The Mercedes man simply cannot get past Schumacher, who is occupying the final place in the points.
It is good defending from the German as Hamilton comes close to hitting the back of his car…
10 laps to go
Verstappen leads by 2.5 seconds. Leclerc is second and Sainz in third.
Behind them are Russell, Perez, Ocon, Magnussen and Schumacher.
Latifi clips Vettel, who spins
The German is in the gravel after making contact with the Williams.
Vettel has managed to get going again and is back in the race, but he is down in 19th place.
Perez passes Schumacher
The Red Bull man makes a great move at turn three to get past the Haas man.
And now Perez has got past Magnussen. That is two passes for Perez, who had his lap times deleted yesterday.
Racing between the Ferraris
Leclerc and Sainz are trading places but for the time being it is Leclerc ahead.
Verstappen is now almost three seconds ahead as they squabble behind him.
Norris runs over the kerbs
He bumps over the sausage kerbs which is bound to have caused problems with the floor of his car.
Good start for Verstappen
The Dutchman leads into turn one as Leclerc moves into second place ahead of Sainz.
Further back Hamilton clips Gasly and sends him into a spin. The stewards are looking at the incident and could take action against the Mercedes man.
Zhou is back in the pitlane
He will start from there along with Alonso
Zhou has a problem
Aborted start as Zhou has conked out on the way to the gird at the very last corner.
Bad news for the Chinese driver who had that HUGE crash at Silverstone.
The cars are now completing another formation lap while Zhou’s Alfa Romeo is moved out of the way.
Alonso will now start from the pitlane and the race will now be 23 laps.
Alonso is in the pitlane
He will be at the back, if he gets out at all.
Formation lap
But only 19 cars get away and are snaking their way around the Red Bull Ring.
Alonso’s Alpine is stationary and curiously still has the tyre blankets on.
He could be demoted to the back of the grid.
Sensational setting
The grandstands are all full with orange shirts, the flares are lit and the atmosphere is building.
The DJ decks have been cleared from the gird and it is almost time for the second sprint race of the season.
A 24 lap race with points on offer to the top eight.
Red Bull pair get tips
Red Bull pair Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez have been given some tips going into the final sprint race.
The race is just moments away, and team chief Helmut Marko told the duo, via Sky Germany: “It will be very, very exciting on Saturday.
“Drive without mistakes and keep the tyres alive.”
Norris reveals bizarre race strategy
Lando Norris has revealed his unique strategy to gain a competitive edge in the final sprint race.
McLaren ace Norris heads into the race in the 15th position.
Red Bull star Sergio Perez is slightly ahead of Norris in 13th spot on the grid.
Perez lost his spot in fourth due to track limits infringements which have pushed him down to 16th.
And Norris plans to tie himself to Perez to improve his final standing.
He said: “I’ve got a rope, I’m attaching it to Perez who’s in front of me, and I’ll follow him the whole way. It’s as simple as that!”
Verstappen leads pack into race
Max Verstappen takes pole position going into the final sprint race of the day.
The Red Bull driver is followed by Ferrari ace Charles Leclerc who occupies second spot on the grid.
His Ferrari compatriot Carlos Sainz takes third position on the line-up.
Mercedes pair gear up for race
Mercedes pair Lewis Hamilton and George Russell have a mountain to climb going into this afternoon’s sprint race.
Russell starts the race in P4, while Hamilton begins in P9.
It comes after both drivers crashed in FP2.
Ecclestone issues war apology
Bernie Ecclestone has apologised if he offended anybody by appearing to support Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Russia.
Ecclestone insisted that he didn’t mean any harm by his comments, and apologised if he did as he empathizes with the people from Ukraine.
He said: “I think often people come out and say things or do things without really too much thinking.
“Probably I did the same. I can understand people thinking I’m defending what he’s done in Ukraine, which I don’t.
“I feel sorry for the people in Ukraine having to suffer for something they haven’t done,” Ecclestone went on to say. “They’ve done nothing wrong. They didn’t start anything. They want to get on with their lives.
“So they don’t deserve to have to suffer.
“It’s not good for anybody. I can’t see anybody getting anything out of this and I think they should get together and get an agreement.
“And I’m sorry if anything I’ve said has upset anybody because it certainly wasn’t intended.”
Leclerc rift dismissed by Ferrari
Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has dismissed reports suggesting he and Charles Leclerc had a rift.
He said: “I meet the drivers after each race and have a discussion to review the race situation.
“Charles was in Monaco and in the back-to-back [races], it was the best opportunity for me to meet him, simply to go there.
“We had dinner, we were laughing together reading the newspapers because we knew that [what was being written] was completely wrong.
“He was very happy to meet and discuss, move forward, and be constructive on some of the scenarios and the best chance for us to be strong in the following races.”
Hamilton takes crash responsibilty
Lewis Hamilton has taken responsibility for his crash during qualifying.
Hamilton was doing well before he crashed into a tyre wall, and he apologised on the team radio saying: “I’m incredibly disappointed in myself ultimately and so sorry to the team.
“Everyone worked so hard to put the car together – and I never like to bring it back damaged. I don’t have an answer right now to what happened. I lost the back end in turn seven and that was that. I was encouraged to see our performance, though.
“I think we were fighting for a top three start – and we weren’t expecting to be that close. That’s a huge positive for the team. I’m starting quite far back, and I’m not sure what’s possible from there. We have the Sprint as well as the race on Sunday – hopefully I can make up for some lost time.”
Source: Motorsport - thesun.co.uk
