On Saturday Verstappen won the sprint race from pole position and can complete the clean sweep on Sunday as he starts from pole for the grand prix, after topping Friday’s qualifying.
But for Sergio Perez, who finished runner-up to Verstappen in the sprint race after almost clashing with his Red Bull team-mate on the opening lap, he will start from a lowly 15th place after having all his representative lap times deleted in Q2 for track limit violations.
It means Verstappen is the lone Red Bull set to fight off two Ferraris, with Charles Leclerc taking second place in Friday’s qualifying session ahead of team-mate Carlos Sainz.
Lando Norris lines up in fourth place equipped with an upgraded McLaren this weekend, ahead of Lewis Hamilton for Mercedes in fifth and the pair of Aston Martins Lance Stroll in sixth and Fernando Alonso in seventh.
One of the stars of the sprint race Nico Hulkenberg, who held second place for the opening handful of laps, starts eighth for Haas aiming to bag further points.
Date: Sunday 2 July 2023
Start time: 2:00pm BST, 3:00pm local time
The ninth round of the 2023 F1 season, the Austrian GP at the Red Bull Ring, gets underway at 3:00pm local time (2:00pm BST) on Sunday 2 July.
Source: Autosport