The only news after one Free Practice session in Austria was that Norris had been off. Hamilton had an off too at the start of Sprint Qualifying and had his time deleted but still managed to get through. Ricciardo was knocked out by his team mate, who had an off on his fastest lap (I don't think Danny will be getting a Red Bull seat anytime soon), Hulkenberg, 7 places behind Magnussen in a reversal of the usual situation at Haas, Bottas, Albon and Zhou, with Sargeant going through in 14th.
Those teams who didn't have high hopes for reaching the final session only did one hot lap at the very end of the second session. Magnussen went out in 11th, followed by both Aston Martins with Stroll ahead of Alonso, Tsunoda and finally Sargeant.
The final session was a little disastrous for some. All ten drivers waited until the very last minute to get out of the pits. Russell broke first and Hamilton was sent out as it was his turn to go out first. LeClerc had a problem with his car and didn't make it around the track in time to set a Qualifying lap.
So Hamilton held pole at first but his team mate immediately bettered his time. Both McLarens went ahead of the Mercedes before Verstappen took pole to a massive roar from the heavily biased crowd. Norris will line up alongside him. Sainz was able to split the Mercedes. Perez only managed 7th. Ocon beat Gasly to 8th and LeClerc was last having not set a time.
It may possibly a boring Sprint. Can the Mercedes push forwards? Can Ferrari and Perez get their act together?
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