Starting grid for F1 Austrian Grand Prix sprint: How the race will begin
This is how the sprint race at the F1 Aust🉐rian Grand Prix will start
Here is the starting grid for the sprint race on Saturday at the F1 Austrian Grand Prꦿix.
| 2024 F1 Austrian Grand Prix sprint race - starting grid | |||
| Pos | Driver | Nat. | Team |
| 1 | Max Verstappen | NED | Oracle Red Bull Racing |
| 2 | Lando Norris | GBR | McLaren F1 Team |
| 3 | Oscar Piastri | AUS | McLaren F1 Team |
| 4 | George Russell | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team |
| 5 | Carlos Sainz | ESP | Scuderia Ferrari |
| 6 | Lewis Hamilton | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team |
| 7 | Sergio Perez | MEX | Oracle Red Bull Racing |
| 8 | Esteban Ocon | FRA | BWT Alpine F1 Team |
| 9 | Pierre Gasly | FRA | BWT Alpine F1 Team |
| 10 | Charles Leclerc | MON | Scuderia Ferrari |
| 11 | Kevin Magnussen | DEN | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team |
| 12 | Lance Stroll | CAN | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team |
| 13 | Fernando Alonso | ESP | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team |
| 14 | Yuki Tsunoda | JPN | Visa Cash App RB F1 Team |
| 15 | Logan Sargeant | USA | Williams Racing |
| 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | AUS | Visa Cash App RB F1 Team |
| 17 | Nico Hulkenberg | GER | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team |
| 18 | Valtteri Bottas | FIN | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber |
| 19 | Zhou Guanyu | CHN | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber |
| Pitlane | Alex Albon | THA | Williams Racing |
* Alex Albon is required to start the sprint from the pit lane after Williams made set-up changes to his car while under parc ferme.
Red Bull's Max Verstappenꦆ will start at the front after claiming pole positioꦍn in Friday's sprint qualifying.
McLaren's Lando Norris - recently his closeꦚst competition - starts from second. His teammate Oscar Piastri will be third.
Mercedes' George Russell and Lewis Ham♏ilton are fourth and sixth, either side of Ferrari's Carlos Sainz.
Charles Leclerc saw his sprint qualifying ruined when he st𓃲opped in the pitlane with an issue, failing to set a time in SQ3, so he must start from 10th.
The Aston Martins are notably in a lowly 12th💃 and 13th, whi🌠le Daniel Ricciardo must start from 16th.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from America꧃n sports, to football, to F1.
