Lewis Hamilton crashed his Mercedes during Qualifying for the Sprint race at the F1 Austrian Grand Prix.
Max Verstappen took pole position.
“I’m OK. It was a big hit but I’m OK.
“Incredibly disappointed in myself, ultimately. Everyone works so hard to put the car together and I never like to damage it.
"We were fighting for top three.
"I don’t have an answer. I lost the back end.
"I am encouraged to see our performance. We weren’t expecting to be as close as that, so it’s a huge positive.
"I’m far back. I don’t know what is possible from there. We have a sprint race so I hope that I can make up time."
A terrible day for Mercedes at Red Bull's home track...
Full qualifying results for the Austrian GP
Verstappen on pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix ahead of Leclerc, Sainz, Perez, Russell, Ocon, Magnussen, Schumacher, Alonso and Hamilton.
Verstappen does it! It's provisional pole for the Dutchman.
Not a great middle sector from Leclerc.
Eight of the 10 cars are out on track.
Q3 is back underway at the Red Bull Ring.
The two Haas cars lead the train out of the pit lane.
The session will restart in three minutes.
Russell noted for "entering the track without permission".
Order under the red flag:
Verstappen, Leclerc, Sainz, Perez, Russell, Ocon, Alonso, Magnussen, Hamilton and Schumacher.
And now Russell is into the barriers - he's ok
The Mercedes driver spins off at Turn 10RED FLAG #AustrianGP#F1pic.twitter.com/pJxbMuRiBb
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 8, 2022
Red flag again - Russell has crashed this time at the final corner.
Q3 is back underway, just over five minutes on the clock.
Hamilton is out of the car after going into the barriers at Turn 7#AustrianGP#F1pic.twitter.com/Xx8Yo3IG2f
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 8, 2022
The session will start at 5:05pm UK time.
Hamilton is out of the car after going into the barriers at Turn 7#AustrianGP#F1pic.twitter.com/Xx8Yo3IG2f
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 8, 2022
Hamilton tells his team: "Damn, I'm so sorry guys. I'm so sorry to damage the car."
Red flag - the Dutch fans cheer as Hamilton is in the wall.
Hamilton has crashed his Mercedes.
Verstappen takes provisional pole by over a tenth ahead of Leclerc.
Leclerc beats Russell's provisional pole lap by 0.3s.
Verstappen is up further down the road though.
Looks like Hamilton has backed off from his lap.
Perez is being investigated for track limits at Turn 8.
He did exceed them but he's through to Q3...
Q3 is now underway! The battle for pole position is on...
