Hello everyone and welcome along to this Saturday's Formula 1 live blog, as we bring you all the latest updates from the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix sprint race.
Max Verstappen earned pole in Friday's qualifying ahead of Ferrari pair Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz in second and third, respectively, and this Saturday's sprint race will give us further indication as to how things might go on Sunday.
This is the very beginning of our F1 2022 Austrian Grand Prix sprint race live blog, with all our updates following below and with the ones nearest the top the most recent.
The 28 Austrian GP Sprint Qualifying laps are set to get underway at 16:30 CEST / 10:30 ET.
F1 Sprint Qualifying - 2022 Austria GP Sprint Race
Update narrationF1 Sprint Race Live Coverage
We'll be taking you through Formula 1's 2022 Austrian GP Sprint Qualifying here in this live blog. Qualification on Friday was a little bit stop-start, with things having to be halted twice.
That didn't stop Max Verstappen though, and he managed to keep his focus and take pole position.
That means the Dutchman will start Saturday's Sprint race in P1, with the winner taking home eight points ahead of Sunday's Grand Prix.
Both Lewis Hamilton and George Russell crashed into the barriers, which meant the final part of qualifying became a one-lap shootout to see who could come out on top. Hamilton's crash was met with distasteful cheers from the stands.
F1 Austrian GP 2022 schedule
Saturday July 9, 2022
Free Practice 2: 12:30 - 13:30 CEST / 06:30 - 07:30 ET
Sprint race: 16:30 CEST / 10:30 ET (28 laps)
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