Qualifying took place in wet conditions after a 46-minute delay to allow the weather conditions to improve. "He had two technical failures. ”I saw yellow flags and flashing lights so I thought they overreacted to him dropping a wheel but apparently he went right off, I didn‘t see that. So it is a successful path. News Reports Results. KTM head their home grid as Pol Espargaro takes the spoils in Styria A first for the Spanish rider and the Austrian … "His performance in the races is very good, and especially in fast corners he is on the level of Verstappen.
Without them, he would have as many points as [Robert] Schwartzman.
Valtteri Bottas of Mercedes will start the Austrian Grand Prix from pole position, the first race of the delayed 2020 Formula 1 World Championship season. "And what is completely overlooked is that in both Silverstone races, he was the fastest man in the second stint - faster than Verstappen. If that’s the case, unlucky Daniel.”Ricciardo has been on fire across the weekend so far but was hoping for more in qualifying.“It‘s been fun, obviously we’ve missed it for so long, and I did not let myself switch off through all this lockdown, he said. But that's not an issue for us. Qualifying results from the 2020 Styrian Moto3 Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring in Austria. "Perhaps Franz Tost's opinion is a bit too conservative.
Bottas set a 1m02.939s on his first run in the top-10 qualifying shootout at the Red Bull Ring – a new lap record and 0.122s quicker than Hamilton. We have good people there who will come through. Qualifying took place in wet conditions after a 46-minute delay to allow the weather conditions to improve. F1 2020, Austrian Grand Prix, Styrian GP Qualifying: Ricciardo fizzles as Hamilton puts on wet-weather clinic but Aussie’s future looks bright Formula 1 July 12, 2020 6:13am ”After Melbourne I stayed focused and trained and I relaxed a little bit but mentally stayed on and ready to be here for this day.”Despite Ricciardo’s eruption, it was Vettel who stole the limelight thanks to Ferrari’s shockingly poor performance.The four-time world champion finished outside Q3 for the first time for a performance-related issue since joining Ferrari in 2015.Vettel, who is set to be replaced by Carlos Sainz next year and is without a drive for the 2021 season as yet, said he was surprised by how poorly he had gone.“I thought that we had a little bit more in hand but it looks like the others were probably running a little bit more fuel or more conservative in practice,” he said after he was eliminated.“I wasn‘t quite happy with the car … more oversteer on entry than I would like, but we’ll see.
Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko says Alex Albon is doing a better job than his 2020 Formula 1 results suggest. Bottas topped the session, ahead of Hamilton and Albon.Albon’s last-gasp lap knocked out Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel – who suffered a very scruffy qualifying – along with the AlphaTauris of Pierre Gasly and Daniil Kvyat, Esteban Ocon (Renault) and Romain Grosjean (Haas).In Qualifying 1, Alfa Romeo’s Antonio Giovinazzi set the first qualifying lap of the 2020 season. Bottas went off on the exit of Turn 4 and spun on his second run, causing a yellow flag that hampered Hamilton, who was just 0.012s slower.Max Verstappen will start third, half a second slower than the Mercedes duo, ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris, Alex Albon (Red Bull), Sergio Perez (Racing Point), Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), Carlos Sainz (McLaren), Lance Stroll (Racing Point) and Daniel Ricciardo (Renault).In Qualifying 2, Verstappen completed his first run on the medium tyre, and then bailed out on his final run on the soft when he knew he was safely through to Q3 – so he’ll be the only car in the top 10 to start on the medium on Sunday. "Those who can't deal with it would probably not have managed an absolute top career anyway. POS CAR DRIVER TEAM Q1 Q2 Q3 LAPS; Circuit information. So he just slipped around. Austrian Grand Prix – Here are the complete qualifying results from the 2020 Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix from the Red Bull Ring Circuit at Spielberg.
"Albon is very good with his technical statements," added Marko.