OT-FORMULA 1 QATAR AIRWAYS AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX 2024; June 28-30 OT

lousubcap

Race Schedule.  All times EDT.  Sprint weekend. Broadcast channels listed.

30

JUN

Race

09:00 (ESPN)

29

JUN

Qualifying

10:00 - 11:00 (ESPN2)

29

JUN

Sprint

06:00 - 07:00 (ESPN2)

28

JUN

Sprint Qualifying

10:30 - 11:14 (ESPN2)

28

JUN

Practice 1

06:30 - 07:30 (ESPNU)

Race circuit:

Red Bull Ring

Second of three weeks in a row.  

lousubcap

Below is the starting grid for Saturday's Sprint race:

RESULT SPRINT SHOOTOUT - AUSTRIA

#	DRIVER	TEAM	TIME	TYRE
1	Max VERSTAPPEN	Red Bull	1:04.686
2	Lando NORRIS	McLaren	1:04.779
3	Oscar PIASTRI	McLaren	1:04.987
4	George RUSSELL	Mercedes	1:05.054
5	Carlos SAINZ	Ferrari	1:05.126
6	Lewis HAMILTON	Mercedes	1:05.270
7	Sergio PÉREZ	Red Bull	1:06.008
8	Esteban OCON	Alpine	1:06.101
9	Pierre GASLY	Alpine	1:06.624
10	Charles LECLERC	Ferrari
11	Kevin MAGNUSSEN	Haas	1:05.806
12	Lance STROLL	Aston Martin	1:05.847
13	Fernando ALONSO	Aston Martin	1:05.878
14	Yuki TSUNODA	VCARB	1:05.960
15	Logan SARGEANT	Williams
16	Daniel RICCIARDO	VCARB	1:06.581
17	Nico HULKENBERG	Haas	1:06.583
18	Valtteri BOTTAS	Stake	1:06.725
19	Alexander ALBON	Williams	1:06.754
20	Guanyu ZHOU	Stake	1:07.197

Should be  some good wheel-to-wheel racing.  

lousubcap

Sprint race results- Top 8 score points:

#	DRIVER	TEAM	TIME	TYRE
1	Max VERSTAPPEN	Red Bull	LAP 23
2	Oscar PIASTRI	McLaren	+4.616
3	Lando NORRIS	McLaren	+5.348
4	George RUSSELL	Mercedes	+8.354
5	Carlos SAINZ	Ferrari	+9.989
6	Lewis HAMILTON	Mercedes	+11.207
7	Charles LECLERC	Ferrari	+13.424
8	Sergio PÉREZ	Red Bull	+17.409

Race qualifying going on now.  Starting grid will be posted once complete.  

Ozzie_Isaac

Purists don’t seem to like the Sprints.  Since I am new to this, I am still forming an opinion, but so far I really like sprint weekends.

lousubcap

Below is the starting grid for Sunday's race.  Plenty of opportunity for some good wheel-to-wheel racing.  

RESULT QUALIFICATION - AUSTRIA

#	DRIVER	TEAM	TIME	TYRE
1	Max VERSTAPPEN	Red Bull	1:04.314
2	Lando NORRIS	McLaren	1:04.718
3	George RUSSELL	Mercedes	1:04.840
4	Carlos SAINZ	Ferrari	1:04.851
5	Lewis HAMILTON	Mercedes	1:04.903
6	Charles LECLERC	Ferrari	1:05.044
7	Oscar PIASTRI	McLaren	1:05.048
8	Sergio PÉREZ	Red Bull	1:05.202
9	Nico HULKENBERG	Haas	1:05.385
10	Esteban OCON	Alpine	1:05.883
11	Daniel RICCIARDO	VCARB	1:05.289
12	Kevin MAGNUSSEN	Haas	1:05.347
13	Pierre GASLY	Alpine	1:05.359
14	Yuki TSUNODA	VCARB	1:05.412
15	Fernando ALONSO	Aston Martin	1:05.639
16	Alexander ALBON	Williams	1:05.736
17	Lance STROLL	Aston Martin	1:05.819
18	Valtteri BOTTAS	Stake	1:05.847
19	Logan SARGEANT	Williams	1:05.856
20	Guanyu ZHOU	Stake	1:06.061

Ozzie_Isaac

Pretty cool that Top 4 are all different teams.

lousubcap

I think the Sprint weekends are great for the sport and fans.  More racing has got to be a plus.  Fortunately the F1 weekend in Austin is a Sprint weekend.  
Hopefully some good racing but Verstappen is definitely a cut above the other drivers.  

JohnfromKentucky

Only recently in the past couple of years have I gotten into F1 and that’s due to the Netflix show Formula 1: drive to survive. So now I am hooked. 

lousubcap

Well now-the last 10 laps of the race were full of some great wheel-to-wheel racing.  Definitely some exciting overtaking challenges including the Verstappen-Norris one that cost both a chance for the win.
Below are the top ten finishers (points positions).

POS	NO	DRIVER	CAR	LAPS	TIME/RETIRED	PTS
1	63	George Russell	MERCEDES	71	1:24:22.798	25
2	81	Oscar Piastri	MCLAREN MERCEDES	71	+1.906s	18
3	55	Carlos Sainz	FERRARI	71	+4.533s	15
4	44	Lewis Hamilton	MERCEDES	71	+23.142s	12
5	1	Max Verstappen	RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT	71	+37.253s	10
6	27	Nico Hulkenberg	HAAS FERRARI	71	+54.088s	8
7	11	Sergio Perez	RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT	71	+54.672s	6
8	20	Kevin Magnussen	HAAS FERRARI	71	+60.355s	4
9	3	Daniel Ricciardo	RB HONDA RBPT	71	+61.169s	2
10	10	Pierre Gasly	ALPINE RENAULT	71	+61.766s	1

On to Silverstone next week   Separate thread to follow.

Ozzie_Isaac

Missed the race, will definitely check out the highlights.  Bummed about Lando.

JohnfromKentucky

That ending was wild. Was watching how Leclerc pitted 3 times before others and still didn’t finish last.  Good race