Overview

• Lando Norris topped qualifying with a 1:03.971 lap at the Red Bull Ring, putting him 0.521 seconds clear of Charles Leclerc and 0.583 seconds ahead of Oscar Piastri.
• Max Verstappen blamed grip issues and aborted his final Q3 run under yellow flags, condemning his Red Bull as “completely unrideable” and consigning him to seventh on the grid.
• Nico Hülkenberg will start last after a mistake in Turn 4 during Q1 prevented him from setting a competitive time.
• In Formula 2, Josep Maria Martí took the sprint victory following a red-flag stoppage for Sami Meguetounif’s rollover, while Oliver Goethe received a ten-second penalty for a collision with Dino Beganovic.
• Scorching track temperatures of nearly 50 °C amplified McLaren’s recent upgrades and sharpened championship battles, with Piastri leading Norris by 22 points in F1 and Alex Dunne ahead of Richard Verschoor by one in F2.