Austrian GP: Qualifying - Re-Cap & Results

AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING

    Lewis Hamilton will start from Pole Position after a slightly rainy qualifying, which saw Daniil Kvyat spin out and crash into the barriers after his rear suspension broke. Kvyat will start from Pit-Lane due to needed chassis and gearbox replacements. Sergio Perez also suffered a suspension failure and found himself out in Q1. However, he was able to set a time and was not given a penalty and will start from 16th.

    Carlos Sainz also missed out on a chance at Q2 after his engine failed during Q1. Nico Hulkenberg will start 2nd and Button 3rd as Rosberg and Vettel both have grid penalties for gearbox changes. Pascal Wehrlein managed a personal best qualifying result and will start 12th. A great progress for Manor.

HOW IT WORKS:

Q1 = 18 minutes. All cars allowed to go out. At the end of the session, the six slowest are eliminated.

Q2 = 15 minutes. The remaining cars go out. At the end of the session, the six slowest are eliminated.

Q3 = 12 minutes. Final 10 cars go out. The final order at the end of the session is how the grid will line up. Fastest car starts from Pole Position.

GRID LINE-UP

1. Lewis Hamilton / Mercedes-Mercedes / Great Britain

2. Nico Hulkenberg / Force India-Mercedes / Germany

3. Jenson Button / McLaren-Honda / Great Britain

4. Kimi Raikkonen / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland

5. Daniel Ricciardo / Red Bull-TAG-HEUER / Australia

6. Nico Rosberg / Mercedes-Mercedes / Germany*

7. Valtteri Bottas / Williams-Mercedes / Finland

8. Max Verstappen / Red Bull-TAG-HEUER / Netherlands

9. Sebastian Vettel / Ferrari-Ferrari / Germany**

10. Felipe Massa / Williams-Mercedes / Brazil

11. Esteban Gutierrez / Haas-Ferrari / Mexico

12. Pascal Wehrlein / Manor-Mercedes / Germany

13. Romain Grosjean / Haas-Ferrari / France

14. Fernando Alonso / McLaren-Honda / Spain

15. Carlos Sainz / Toro Rosso-Ferrari / Spain

16. Sergio Perez / Force India-Mercedes / Mexico 

17. Kevin Magnussen / Renault-Renault / Denmark

18. Marcus Ericsson / Sauber-Ferrari / Sweden

19. Jolyon Palmer / Renault-Renault / Great Britain***

20. Rio Haryanto / Manor-Mercedes / Indonesia****

21. Felipe Nasr / Sauber-Ferrari / Brazil*****

PIT-LANE - Daniil Kvyat / Toro Rosso-Ferrari / Russia******

* - (Rosberg) 5-Place-Grid-Penalty for gearbox change

** - (Vettel) 5-Place-Grid-Penalty for gearbox change

*** - (Palmer) 3-Place-Grid-Penalty for failing to slow under yellow flags

**** - (Haryanto) 3-Place-Grid-Penalty for failing to slow under yellow flags

***** - (Nasr) 3-Place-Grid-Penalty for failing to slow under yellow flags

****** - (Kvyat) Pit-Lane-Start due to replacement of chassis and gearbox

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