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Rendimiento por Sectores:

Sesión de Clasificación: Análisis por Minisectores:

VER vs. LEC:

VER vs. SAI:

LEC vs. SAI:

VER vs. LEC vs. SAI:

VER vs. OCO:

OCO vs. ALO:

Impresiones de los equipos tras la jornada de Clasificación de ayer:

Austrian GP: Qualifying team notes - Red Bull

Max Verstappen: "We can definitely be happy with the result today. On the final lap in Q3, turn one and three weren't the best so I knew the rest of the lap needed to be spot on. I was down on the first and second sector so pushed hard in the final and it paid off. It was a good session and of course it's good to be close to the Ferraris again. This season so far, the car has been good in the race compared to qualifying where we've been weaker, so hopefully tomorrow we can be competitive in the sprint."

Sergio Perez: "It was a tricky day, going into qualifying from FP1 things didn't feel great so there is a bit of understanding needed from our side and hopefully tomorrow we are able to recover. The car was in and out for me during the day and during quali, I wasn't able to get into the rhythm. It is disappointing to lose fourth place, the track limits are very tight here this season, but it is frustrating that the Team weren't told my lap time had been deleted during Q2. We have the Sprint tomorrow to make up ground and a long race ahead, we have to keep our head down and push hard to make progress and put us in a good position for Sunday."

Christian Horner: "To get pole today was a great result for Max, he was just a little bit quicker in the last turn and that made the difference; to have three cars within one tenth of a second is incredible. Ferrari are looking very strong right now, we saw that after their win at Silverstone and right across the season, so to get the pole today was extremely valuable. It's great to be back in Austria, the Team love racing here and the support we get is incredible, passion is great but shouldn't spill over into jeers at our opponents. We feel the penalty for Checo was very harsh and should have been dealt with before Q3 to enable us to improve subsequent performance. He will do his best tomorrow from P13 and try and put us into a better position for Sunday's race."

https://www.pitpass.com/73047/Austrian-GP-Qualifying-team-notes-Red-Bull

Austrian GP: Qualifying team notes - Mercedes

Continuing the progress seen in Silverstone, the W13 showed competitive single lap performance today with both drivers in Spielberg. Lewis was on course to improve his lap time in Q3 when a snap on the entry to Turn Seven saw him lose the rear end and crash.
Following the red flag for Lewis's accident, George was on course to improve his time when he lost the rear end of the car on entry to Turn Ten, after it was unsettled on the Turn Nine exit kerb.

Although neither starting position reflects the car's full potential, and there is much work ahead to rebuild both machines, the team is optimistic we can deliver strong pace in both the Sprint and Grand Prix.

George Russell: I think that was our best qualifying session of the year in terms of pure pace - and the worst in terms of the outcome. Racing can be like that sometimes. I could have been P4 this afternoon and I was one tenth up on my lap, and absolutely went for it because I thought there was a chance of P3. I'm feeling fine physically - but I'm concerned about the car. I hope we can recover it. In terms of performance, there are positive signs. We have brought some things to the car, and the interpretation of some rules has probably been in our favour, too. Lewis was doing a phenomenal job and absolutely flying today.

Maybe I went a bit the wrong direction on set-up for qualifying; but hopefully that will be good for the race. Ordinarily we have better race pace than single lap, so hopefully tomorrow, we can make up for today.

Lewis Hamilton: I'm incredibly disappointed in myself ultimately and so sorry to the team. Everyone worked so hard to put the car together -and I never like to bring it back damaged. I don't have an answer right now to what happened. I lost the back end in Turn Seven and that was that. I was encouraged to see our performance, though. I think we were fighting for a top three start - and we weren't expecting to be that close. That's a huge positive for the team. I'm starting quite far back, and I'm not sure what's possible from there. We have the Sprint tomorrow as well as the race on Sunday; hopefully tomorrow I can make up for some lost time.

Andrew Shovlin: A frustrating finish to what was looking like a decent qualifying session. The car has been working well and first practice was busy and productive. The balance was pretty good through that session which is useful with only one hour before qualifying to sort out the setup. We'd tweaked the balance a bit going into qualifying and were putting some solid laps in when both drivers had moments and ended up in the wall. We've got our work cut out trying to get the cars onto the grid tomorrow. We are still assessing the extent of it but both accidents caused damage to several of the same components on each car, which makes it quite difficult from a spares point of view. We'll do what we can to make sure that both cars are competing. If there is a silver lining to this cloud, it's that the Sprint gives us some opportunity to make it further up the grid ahead of the main race. We'll be working hard towards that objective.

https://www.pitpass.com/73044/Austrian-GP-Qualifying-team-notes-Mercedes

Austrian GP: Qualifying team notes - Ferrari

On the second shortest track of the season, qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix produced the usual great spectacle of today's fastest drivers fighting it out to the nearest thousandths of a second. Scuderia Ferrari missed out on the top slot by a whisker, with Charles Leclerc's best lap just 29 thousandths off Max Verstappen's time. Therefore, in tomorrow's Sprint race, which runs over 24 laps, equivalent to 100 kilometres and starts at 16.30, Charles will start from second place on the grid, with team-mate Carlos Sainz third, 82 thousandths off the pole time.

The top-ten shoot out was particularly exciting. On his first attempt, Charles posted a 1'05"183, having found Lewis Hamilton ahead of him, which cost the Ferrari man a few thousandths, enough to put him behind Verstappen's 1'05"092. Carlos stopped the clocks in 1'05"300. The session was then red flagged twice, following crashes for Lewis Hamilton and George Russell and when it resumed, there was just over two and half minutes remaining. At this point all the drivers went out on new Soft tyres and both the Ferraris went quicker, Charles getting down to 1'05"013 and Carlos doing a 1'05"066. Verstappen secured pole with a 1'04"984.

The second Sprint race of the season, its grid based on today's qualifying, will feature an identical front row to the first one, held in Imola. Its outcome sets the grid for the Grand Prix itself, which starts at 3pm on Sunday. Before all that, there's a final hour of free practice that gets underway at 12.30, when teams will get a final chance to prepare for the short race and Sunday's 71 laps, equivalent to 306.452 kilometres.

Charles Leclerc: It was very close, but Max was just in front today. I had some understeer after the red flags as I struggled to get the tyres back in the right window, so I didn't have a perfect lap. It's a shame, but it's only Friday and it's Sunday that really counts. Tomorrow it will be important to work on driving style in FP2 and then have a very good Sprint.

Carlos Sainz: That was extremely close! It was a positive qualifying in general. We managed to build the speed through the session and put in a good lap at the end. The first couple of corners of that final run were very tricky as we had lost temperature on the tyres due to the second red flag. In the end, we missed out on a better result by less than a tenth, so I think we are up for an interesting Sprint tomorrow and GP on Sunday, as we have a strong pace. We'll prepare as best as possible and fight for a good result!

Laurent Mekies: We knew it would be a very closely fought qualifying, a head-to-head between us and our competitors. During this morning's free practice, we worked a lot on optimising our package and we were then competitive enough to fight for pole down to the nearest thousandths of a second. We didn't manage to secure the number one slot, but that's what can happen when the gaps are so small and it's all part of the game. We will try and change that in the race.

The main aspect of this weekend is that it's a very long one. Effectively it's a 400 kilometre race run in two parts. We have seen that our potential is there and that we have started out on the right footing. Now, those of us here at the track and our colleagues back in Maranello can expect a really interesting challenge. The gap to our rivals is minimal, so if we want to reverse today's result, the slightest detail can make the difference. We will do our utmost to ensure our drivers have everything they need to extract even more performance from their F1-75s.

https://www.pitpass.com/73045/Austrian-GP-Qualifying-team-notes-Ferrari

Austrian GP: Qualifying team notes - Alpine

BWT Alpine F1 Team will start tomorrow's second Sprint Qualifying of the 2022 FIA Formula 1 World Championship season with Esteban Ocon sixth on the grid and Fernando Alonso ninth after a strong Friday Qualifying in Austria.

It's the team's fifth Q3 appearance with both cars this year with all eyes now on tomorrow's 24-lap Sprint Qualifying around the short but fast Spielberg circuit.

With only one practice session to prepare the cars earlier in the day, the team opted to run Pirelli's Medium tyres during Free Practice 1, saving Softs for Qualifying and the remainder of the weekend.

Both drivers showed promising pace right from the start of Q1 with Fernando progressing in fourth place and Esteban in thirteenth, well inside the cut-off spots.

In Q2, Esteban improved from a 1min 06.488secs on his first run to a 1min 05.993secs on his penultimate lap to go through to Q3 in eighth place. Fernando too made Q3 - for the ninth time of the season - slightly adrift of his team-mate.

Esteban continued to show improvements and his lap time of 1min 05.779secs in Q3 saw him knocking on the door of the top six. Fernando ran wide at Turn 1 on his opening effort and sustained damage to the left-hand side of the floor on his A522.

After the first red flag for Lewis Hamilton, Fernando set a 1min 06.103secs to move into seventh, behind Esteban. A second red flag for George Russell delayed proceedings further before Esteban improved his time by 0.053secs to cement sixth with Fernando putting in a 1min 06.103secs to take ninth place.

Esteban Ocon: "I'm very pleased with our Qualifying result today finishing in sixth place. It felt like the car really came alive during Q2 and Q3 after a fairly challenging Free Practice and Q1. We're in a good position for the Sprint Qualifying tomorrow and hopefully we can firstly solidify our grid position for the main race and secondly take some valuable points. There is room to improve, and we still need to assess the car on high fuel, which we'll do in tomorrow's Free Practice 2. I'm feeling optimistic that we can have two good races and, in order to do so, we must remain focused."

Fernando Alonso: "The car felt very competitive today and it was good to be in Q3 again. However, I had a broken floor after I ran wide on my first lap in Q3, so we lost some performance with the damage. I think before that damage occurred, we were looking at the top five or six positions today, which would have been great for the Sprint tomorrow. From ninth place, our aim will be to recover some places tomorrow, which I'm sure we can achieve. Generally, it's been a competitive Friday for us, so I'm hopeful we can have some fun in Sprint Qualifying and in the race on Sunday afternoon and claim some big points."

Alan Permane, Sporting Director: "We can be relatively happy with today's Qualifying performance with Esteban in sixth and Fernando in ninth. Looking at how the session progressed, I think sixth and seventh was probably the best we could have achieved had things panned out in our favour, but that's how it goes sometimes. Esteban has been solid today and improved lap after lap, session by session, which built him up nicely through to his last run in Q3. Fernando can count himself slightly unfortunate after damaging the floor during his first run in Q3, which compromised some performance. We will, of course, be able to repair that ahead of tomorrow's Sprint. We're happy with how the car has performed today and we're in a great position to score points with both cars in tomorrow's Sprint Qualifying and Sunday's race."

https://www.pitpass.com/73042/Austrian-GP-Qualifying-team-notes-Alpine

Austrian GP: Qualifying team notes - AlphaTauri

Pierre Gasly: "I'm pretty happy with today, we haven't had any upgrades for a few races, so we know compared to other cars we've been struggling quite a bit more lately. It's always frustrating to miss out on Q3 by such a small margin, but I must say I was pleased with my lap, it was pretty tidy and I was able to put it altogether for Quali today. We're starting just out of the top 10 for the Sprint tomorrow, so we're in a good position to make our way forward and hopefully move into the points on Sunday. We need to work more, as we can't be satisfied with the overall performance, but we know we have some upgrades coming, so if we are able to improve from this current baseline then we should be quite competitive in the upcoming races."
Yuki Tsunoda: "I'm really disappointed with today. I was happy with the balance of the car and how we were progressing through Quali, but unfortunately on my last push in Q2 my tyres were cold, I had a huge snap at Turn 1, this ruined my lap, so I couldn't progress further. I think the pace of the car was quite good and we had a chance to get through to Q3 today, so it's a real shame."

Jonathan Eddolls (Chief Race Engineer): "We are in Austria for our second sprint event of the season and, as is typical for this format, our Friday has been a very busy day! We enter Parc Ferme as soon as we leave the pits for Qualifying, so we have to do all of our setup work in the one-hour FP1 session - on a typical weekend we normally have all three practice sessions to complete this. So, we kept the car on track for as much running as possible, with minimal changes between the runs. The session was used to understand the general car balance and to check the stabilised temperatures over a sustainable run. The high wind made it quite difficult, with the balance being different corner to corner. Also, there is a lot of warp in the track, so brake locking made some corners inconsistent, particularly T3.

Heading into Quali we knew the competitiveness was not enough for Q3 and actually with the short track, we were close to the Q1 cut-off, so we elected to have three runs in Q1.

This worked well and both drivers progressed through to Q2. This meant we were left with only a single new set of Softs, so we set the first timed on the Used tyres, before fitting the new tyre for the last lap. The step-in grip was there, and Pierre put his best sectors together to finish P11, only 9ms away from a place in Q3. Yuki's prep lap didn't quite go to plan, so he had cold tyres going into T1, he had to abort his lap and unfortunately ended the session in P14, with the used tyre time. Still, the performance has been slightly better than we expected, so we will do all we can in the Sprint tomorrow to progress both cars forward."

https://www.pitpass.com/73040/Austrian-GP-Qualifying-team-notes-AlphaTauri

Austrian GP: Qualifying team notes - Aston Martin

Lance Stroll: "It is always a challenge here with the track limits. But despite that, we did not quite have the pace to make it through into Q2 today. Obviously, we are going to try and recover some places in the Sprint tomorrow, and our pace is looking okay after Free Practice earlier, so there is still plenty to play for this weekend."

Sebastian Vettel: "It was a shame to get my lap-time deleted for crossing track limits. I had actually lost a little time at Turn One anyway - so it was effectively a double penalty. Still, we did not have the pace today to get through into the next part of qualifying - but there are plenty of opportunities in tomorrow's Sprint Race and we will hopefully start in a better position for Sunday's Grand Prix."

Mike Krack, Team Principal: "We pushed hard in qualifying today, but there was no more time to find in the car. Nevertheless, it is still only Friday - we have the Sprint tomorrow and we have proved recently that we can race strongly. There is still plenty to play for, and both Lance and Sebastian will be pushing hard to maximise every opportunity ahead of Sunday."

https://www.pitpass.com/73037/Austrian-GP-Qualifying-team-notes-Aston-Martin

Austrian GP: Qualifying team notes - Williams

Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance: We always enjoy the challenge of a Sprint Event Friday and today was no exception. FP1 was a bit disrupted and we also had to focus on race preparation, so we didn't learn a huge amount more about the new parts that we introduced on Alex's car in Silverstone. However, the driver comments continue to be positive and although we know there is more to do to understand - and optimise - the new package, we are confident that we have taken a step forward since Canada.

Qualifying is often tricky at the Red Bull Ring with 20 cars fighting for position on a track that is barely 4km long. Fortunately, Q1 was fairly smooth with both drivers having mostly clear laps and three good opportunities to set a lap time. Alex was able to make the most of the opportunity and the new parts and made it to Q2, finishing in 12th place. He again drove very well and pushed hard on his new tyres at the end of Q2. Nicholas's car is heavier than Alex's this weekend and he is obviously still driving with the Canada car specification, but despite this he drove well again, building on his impressive display in the wet last weekend. His team worked very hard to get everything out of his car today and although they succeeded in that regard, they are looking forward to getting their hands on the new package in France.

Thanks to all the hard work and dedication of the team back in Grove, all of whom worked tirelessly to ensure that we had enough parts available in Austria, we have had an enjoyable day today. However, there are still two days left to go and plenty of opportunities to make and lose places; although the cars are now in Parc Ferme, we still have a lot of work to do if we are to maximise our chances in the sprint race and the grand prix.

Alex Albon: I'm very happy. Firstly, the team did a great job to get everything ready after the damage from Silverstone; they worked flat out at the factory and here at the circuit, so to repay them with a P12 is great. We have obviously brought an upgrade and it's nice to see the performance increase because of it and I hope we can progress forward each weekend. We were only a tenth away from Q3 - it's almost frustrating as you can always think of places you could have improved - but I'm very happy. I think it's all to play for tomorrow.

Nicholas Latifi: Even though the position and lap time were not good enough, I still felt good behind the wheel carrying over what I felt in Silverstone. I made a mistake in Turn 3 but with that, my lap time and how much the upgrade should give, I should be quite a bit slower than the other car. I think I'm actually right where I need to be, so for me that's two strong Qualifying sessions in a row which is nice. Honestly, I'm happy with that because I know what the gap should be and where we need to be. The car is still struggling around here but I'm happy that I've found a little bit more driveability. I more optimistic going into the Sprint despite the lack of pace. Hopefully there will be some opportunities tomorrow.

https://www.pitpass.com/73041/Austrian-GP-Qualifying-team-notes-Williams

Austrian GP: Qualifying team notes - Alfa Romeo

Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN endured a challenging Friday at the Red Bull Ring, as Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu qualified for the Austrian Grand Prix in P13 and P18 respectively. The 11th round of the Formula One championship features a Sprint tomorrow, the results of which will determine the final grid positions for Sunday's race.

Frederic Vasseur, Team Principal: "It's been a difficult day for us in qualifying, with Valtteri in P13 and Zhou in 18th. The car was not at its optimal balance, and on such a short track, with such small margins separating teams in the midfield, not being at your 100% means you end up missing out on the top places. Tomorrow's sprint race is an opportunity to shake up the order a little and hopefully we can move up a few places with both drivers ahead of the race on Sunday. This is a track where overtaking is possible and where we had lots of action in previous years, even before the arrival of the new generation of cars, so we will give everything to bring back a positive result and set us up well for Sunday."

Valtteri Bottas: "The feeling with the car wasn't too bad, but obviously this is not where we want to be. It was close in the midfield, I lacked a bit of grip and top speed and these were the main issues in terms of laptime. Still, the laps were good and I am confident in the pace we can have in the race. I will start at the back of the grid on Sunday, but there are still points to be won tomorrow and we'll give everything we have to bring home some."

Zhou Guanyu: "Today has been quite a frustrating day for me: I struggled with the tyres on the first lap on a short track like this one. The tyres were working much better on the second lap of the run but, even though I slightly improved my lap time, I still didn't have the grip I wanted and that resulted in us being out in Q1. The car has obviously been built new and, having had just one session to get ready and adapt to it, this hasn't been the easiest for me either. Nevertheless, the car seems to be working fine, we just lacked some performance today. It's my second Sprint weekend overall, and I didn't really get to experience in the previous one in Imola as I was out in the first lap, but hopefully we will have a good one tomorrow and move up on the grid ahead of Sunday, so that we can battle for points. I think everything's open for us, we just have to figure out what went wrong today and improve from that."

https://www.pitpass.com/73039/Austrian-GP-Qualifying-team-notes-Alfa-Romeo


Austrian GP: Qualifying team notes - Haas

Haas F1 Team drivers Kevin Magnussen and Mick Schumacher qualified seventh and eighth respectively for Saturday's 24-lap Sprint race - the result of which will then determine the grid for Sunday's 71-lap Austrian Grand Prix, Round 11 of the 2022 FIA Formula 1 World Championship hosted at the Red Bull Ring, Spielberg.

A top-ten performance looked on the cards early as both VF-22's finished FP1 in a strong sixth (MAG) and ninth (MSC) - the one-hour practice session the only opportunity ahead of qualifying to get to grips with the 4.318-kilometer (2.683-mile), 10-turn circuit.

Q1 saw both Magnussen and Schumacher progress into Q2 comfortably - Magnussen setting a fastest lap of 1:06.366 (P9) on his second set of Pirelli P Zero Red soft tires, while Schumacher posted a best time of 1:06.405 (P10) on his first set. Q2 once again witnessed both drivers advancing into the next stage of qualifying. A 1:05.894 on his second timed run saw Magnussen through to Q3 in P7. Schumacher clocked a best of 1:06.151 on his first run for P10.

Q3 proved scrappy with two red flag stops - both caused by the Mercedes pairing of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell. While Schumacher had his initial Q3 run of 1:06.662 deleted for exceeding track limits - his next flying lap on new softs was a 1:06.011 to place the German P8 at the checkered flag. Magnussen went one better by claiming P7 on the soft rubber with the Dane charging to a 1:05.879 lap.

Kevin Magnussen: "It's been a good Friday. We got the car on track for the first run in FP1 and it looked competitive. I was pretty confident going into qualifying and it's been a strong day. I don't even feel like we got the most out of it, it felt like there was a little more lap time in it. It's funny as I'm P7 and I'm not super happy, so that's a very good position to be in."

Mick Schumacher: "We came quite close with that Q3 cut-off, so we were lucky there as we didn't quite maximize the lap but otherwise it was ok, but not the cleanest of sessions. Trying to push the tires to get them warmed up again is never great, you're already taking some potential out of them and I think there was definitely more lap time in it. If we hold position tomorrow, we have points and if we move forward, we gain even more so we'll go for the more points option hopefully."

Guenther Steiner, Team Principal: "It was a very good day today. We started strong in FP1, everything was calm and we had no issues. Then we went into qualifying knowing that we can make it into Q3 on performance and we executed it. It was a good job by the whole team, and hopefully we can take it over to tomorrow's Sprint, keep on getting points and continuing like last week."

https://www.pitpass.com/73038/Austrian-GP-Qualifying-team-notes-Haas

Austrian GP: Qualifying team notes - Pirelli

Max Verstappen qualified on pole position at Red Bull's home race - on Friday. That's because this weekend is a sprint round, with a 24-lap race on Saturday to set the grid for the grand prix, although 'pole position' is awarded to today's fastest qualifier. Pole was sealed on the final run in Q3, following two red flags after both Mercedes cars went off in separate incidents.

Like all the other drivers, Verstappen took the P Zero Red soft tyre from start to finish of qualifying. After some overnight rain, which had the effect of 'resetting' the track, qualifying got underway at 5pm in sunny conditions, with temperatures of 25 degrees centigrade ambient and 36 degrees on track, as well as some gusting winds.

The Pirelli Pole Position Award was presented by Mathias Lauda, the second son of Austrian hero Niki Lauda. Like his father, Mathias also became a racing driver, but focussed his career on GT racing, becoming a factory driver for Aston Martin where he has competed at all the great endurance races including Le Mans, Spa and the Nurburgring. Mathias now combines his racing career with work for one of Austria's leading TV channels, Servus TV.

Mario Isola: "It was another close session, with three drivers within only 0.082 seconds at the front of the grid - just think about that for a moment - which underlines how hyper-competitive the modern generation of Formula 1 cars and tyres are. Today we've seen only some light abrasion on the soft compound, which could make it an option for the sprint race tomorrow, where the cars won't make a pit stop but don't run on full fuel, reducing stress on tyres. With more rain forecast on Sunday morning before the race, the conditions that the drivers experienced in FP1 today could be quite representative of Sunday afternoon, so there was probably some useful information gained there as well."

https://www.pitpass.com/73043/Austrian-GP-Qualifying-team-notes-Pirelli

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#F1: Hamilton needs a new chassis for #AustrianGP. The side impact crash structure was destroyed yesterday after hitting tire barriers in Turn 7. #AMuS

Cita de: llumia en Jul 09, 2022, 10:26 AM@andihaupt1

#F1: Hamilton needs a new chassis for #AustrianGP. The side impact crash structure was destroyed yesterday after hitting tire barriers in Turn 7. #AMuS

Tras 10 minutos de sesión de libres 3, siguen trabajando en los dos coches de Mercedes para ponerlos a punto.

nicolas carpentiers @NicolasF1i  ·  2min

Honda / Red Bull Powertrain energy store out of the AlphaTauri

Russell tuvo el coche listo al poco de comenzar la sesión, Lewis lo ha tenido a falta de unos 15 minutos.

Las dos alas traseras montadas por Russell y la normativa que le permite hacerlo, cortesía de @albertfabrega.

Estas cositas de zorro viejo de Alonso son las que le gustan a McH  .


Jon Noble @NobleF1  ·  1h

It's fair to say Fernando Alonso doesn't miss a trick. Drove across the dirty side of the track (where his grid slot is) several times during FP2 to clean it. Missed his chance to lay rubber in P8 for his post session practice start, so cheekily stopped short of P6 instead...