Starting grid for today's F1 Austrian Grand Prix: How the race will begin

- Max Verstappen
- Charles Leclerc
- Carlos Sainz
- Lando Norris
- Lewis Hamilton
- Lance Stroll
- Fernando Alonso
- Nico Hulkenberg
- Pierre Gasly
- Alex Albon
- George Russell
- Esteban Ocon
- Oscar Piastri
- Valtteri Bottas
- Sergio Perez
- Yuki Tsunoda
- Zhou Guanyu
- Logan Sargeant
- Kevin Magnussen
- Nyck de Vries
Red Bull's hope at their home race to continue their run of winning every grand prix in 2023 so far was boosted by M💮ax Verstappen snatching pole position on Friday.
Concerningly forಌ him, the duo of upgraded Ferraris are directly behind him. C𒐪harles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz may have their best chance of the year at claiming victory.
Lando Noꦅrris, featuring major new up𒉰grades to his McLaren, is encouragingly in fourth ahead of Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton.
Sergio Perez endured a disastrous qualifying and will start 🐭the grand prix from 15th, though.
Nyck de Vries, under intense pressure at AlphaTauri who are considerin🤪g replacing him mid-season, chose a terrible time to qualify l🌺ast on the grid.

James was a sports journali🌠st꧒ at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.