F1 Austrian GP Qualifying Live Results and Standings: Sebastian Vettel bows out in Q2

Tanish Chachra | 04/07/2020
F1 Austrian GP Qualifying Live Results and Standings: Where do driver stand in Qualifying round

F1 Austrian GP Qualifying Live Results and Standings: Where do the F1 drivers stand after the three-round of the qualifying.

The Formula 1 is finally in the first qualifying of the season in the Austrian Grand Prix, and all 20 teams are vying to grab their desired spots for the final race day.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen had a good start to the qualifying round, as he finished at the top of the table in the Q1, followed by Valterri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton.

Ferrari’s is lurking bit behind in comparison to Mercedes and Red Bull with Charles Leclerc at 5th and Sebastian Vettel in 8th, but with Q2 giving a fresh start, they can buckle up.

The Q2 came in as a surprise, as Sebastian Vettel was among the next 5 drivers who faced the elimination, apart from that there were no other surprises, but Mercedes came up in the order showing their sheer dominance.

Meanwhile, Ferrari’s Leclerc also slipped in the order, with him finishing at 10th position, marginally missing the elimination. Later in the Q3 soared, with final 10 drivers vying for the top spots.

Bottas dominated the third round, with his teammate Hamilton pushing him to the edge. The Finnish driver almost made a blunder when he ended up in the grass, but despite this also he managed to keep his pole position.

Followed by Hamilton and Verstappen respectively. Lando Norris took an impressive 4th position, and Alex Albon ended up at 5th. Whereas, Leclerc made a slight jump to 7th grid position.

Q1 standings:

  1. Max Verstappen – Red Bull
  2. Valtteri Bottas – Mercedes
  3. Lewis Hamilton – Ferrari
  4. Lance Stroll – Racing Point
  5. Charles Leclerc – Ferrari
  6. Carlos Sainz – McLaren
  7. Sergio Perez- Racing Point
  8. Sebastian Vettel- Ferrari
  9. Daniel Ricciardo- Renault
  10. Pierre Gasly – Alpha Tauri
  11. Lando Norris – McLaren
  12. Alex Albon – Red Bull
  13. Esteban Ocon – Renault
  14. Daniil Kvyat – Alpha Tauri
  15. Romain Grosjean – Haas

Eliminated

  1. Kevin Magnussen – Haas
  2. George Russell – Williams
  3. Kimi Raikkonen – Alfa Romeo
  4. Antonio Giovinazzi – Alfa Romeo
  5. Nicholas Latifi – Williams

Q2 Standings

  1. Valtterri Bottas – Mercedes
  2. Lewis Hamilton – Mercedes
  3. Alex Albon – Red Bull
  4. Lando Norris- McLaren
  5. Sergio Perez – Racing Point
  6. Lance Stroll – Racing Point
  7. Carlos Sainz- McLaren
  8. Max Verstappen – Red Bull
  9. Daniel Ricciardo – Renault
  10. Charles Leclerc – Ferrari

Eliminated

  1. Sebastian Vettel – Ferrari
  2. Pierre Gasly – Alpha Tauri
  3. Daniil Kvyat – Alpha Tauri
  4. Esteban Ocon – Renault
  5. Romain Grosjean – Haas

Q3 Standings

  1. Valtteri Bottas – Mercedes
  2. Lewis Hamilton – Mercedes
  3. Max Verstappen – Red Bull
  4. Lando Norris – McLaren
  5. Alex Albon – Red Bull
  6. Sergio Perez – Racing Point
  7. Charles Leclerc – Ferrari
  8. Carlos Sainz – McLaren
  9. Lance Stroll – Racing Point
  10. Daniel Ricciardo – Renault

Final Grid Positions

  1. Valtteri Bottas – Mercedes
  2. Lewis Hamilton – Mercedes
  3. Max Verstappen – Red Bull
  4. Lando Norris – McLaren
  5. Alex Albon – Red Bull
  6. Sergio Perez – Racing Point
  7. Charles Leclerc – Ferrari
  8. Carlos Sainz – McLaren
  9. Lance Stroll – Racing Point
  10. Daniel Ricciardo – Renault
  11. Sebastian Vettel – Ferrari
  12. Pierre Gasly – Alpha Tauri
  13. Daniil Kvyat – Alpha Tauri
  14. Esteban icon – Renault
  15. Romain Grosjean – Haas
  16. Kevin Magnussen – Haas
  17. George Russell – Williams
  18. Kimi Raikkonen – Alfa Romeo
  19. Antonio Giovinazzi – Alfa Romeo
  20. Nicholas Latifi – Williams

Post Edited By: Tanish Chachra
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Tanish Chachra

Tanish Chachra is the Motorsport editor at The SportsRush. He saw his first race when F1 visited India in 2011, and since then, his romance with the sport has been seasonal until he took up this role in 2020. Reigniting F1's coverage on this site, Tanish has fallen in love with the sport all over again. He loves Kimi Raikkonen and sees a future world champion in Oscar Piastri. Away from us, he loves to snuggle inside his books.

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