How Max Verstappen won the sprint race at the F1 Austrian Grand Prix

Max Verstappen won the Sprint race at the F1 Austrian Grand Prix!

Lewis Hamilton then criticised the fans who jeered him...

Connor McDonagh_1

09 Jul 2022

12:25

Five minutes to go...

12:25

Amazing effort

Lewis is out on track! pic.twitter.com/rCeVU6umCO
— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) July 9, 2022

12:23

Not a lot going on in terms of times changing the leaderboard with a lot of the drivers running on worn tyres.

12:18

Hamilton's first time of the afternoon puts him ninth, 0.7s down on Sainz's top time.

12:16

With 14 minutes to go, Hamilton takes to the track for the first time.

12:16

The order into the final 15 minutes: Sainz, Leclerc, Verstappen, Alonso, Ocon, Perez, Russell, Bottas, Norris and Stroll.

12:14

pic.twitter.com/9y8yhHYtCv
— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) July 9, 2022

12:11

Sainz and Leclerc take to the top on the softs, a tenth clear of Verstappen.

12:11

Vettel breaks into the top 10 for Aston Martin.

12:09

The Alpine pair are flying so far

Ocon P3
Alonso P4#AustrianGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/UhghNk6Mrn
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 9, 2022

12:08

Bottas moves up to eighth on the softs, 0.5s down on Leclerc.

12:06

S1: Gasly
S2: Alonso
S3: Verstappen#AustrianGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/LaXYsf8WOD
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 9, 2022

12:06

Ocon moves into second now, just 0.049s off Verstappen.

12:05

After his crash yesterday, Lewis has been given the spare chassis

Still no sign of him out on track with work going on in the garage#AustrianGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/GszftjSg9C
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 9, 2022

12:04

Alonso moves up to second.

12:04

Still no times from Hamilton.

12:03

Zhou goes eighth on the softs for Alfa Romeo, 0.8s down on Verstappen.

12:03

Perez moves up to third on the mediums - much better after being down in 15th.

11:58

Alonso goes fourth in the second Alpine, 0.5s shy of Verstappen's top time.

11:57

Ocon and Alonso are finally out on track.

The Frenchman moves up to eighth in the Alpine.

11:55

Order with 35 minutes on the clock: Verstappen, Sainz, Russell, Leclerc, Gasly, Albon, Norris, Ricciardo, Stroll and Tsunoda.

11:53

“Car feeling fine”

George boxes after a solid lap on used Soft tyres, to go P3 pic.twitter.com/DfgQMwzjvh
— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) July 9, 2022

11:51

Russell's first lap of the session puts him third in the Mercedes, 0.2s behind Verstappen.

11:49

Still no sign of either Alpine or Hamilton, with Mercedes continuing to work on the seven-time champion's car.

11:49

"What's going on with the engine?" Leclerc asks Ferrari.