Starting grid for F1 Austrian Grand Prix sprint: How the race will begin
This is how the sprint race at the F1 Austrian Grand Prix will start
Here is the starting grid for the sprint race on Saturday at the F1 Austrian Grand Prix.
| 2024 F1 Austrian Grand Prix sprint race - starting grid | |||
| Pos | Driver | Nat. | Team |
| 1 | Max Verstappen | NED | Oracle Red Bull Racing |
| 2 | Lando Norris | GBR | McLaren F1 Team |
| 3 | Oscar Piastri | AUS | McLaren F1 Team |
| 4 | George Russell | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team |
| 5 | Carlos Sainz | ESP | Scuderia Ferrari |
| 6 | Lewis Hamilton | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team |
| 7 | Sergio Perez | MEX | Oracle Red Bull Racing |
| 8 | Esteban Ocon | FRA | BWT Alpine F1 Team |
| 9 | Pierre Gasly | FRA | BWT Alpine F1 Team |
| 10 | Charles Leclerc | MON | Scuderia Ferrari |
| 11 | Kevin Magnussen | DEN | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team |
| 12 | Lance Stroll | CAN | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team |
| 13 | Fernando Alonso | ESP | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team |
| 14 | Yuki Tsunoda | JPN | Visa Cash App RB F1 Team |
| 15 | Logan Sargeant | USA | Williams Racing |
| 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | AUS | Visa Cash App RB F1 Team |
| 17 | Nico Hulkenberg | GER | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team |
| 18 | Valtteri Bottas | FIN | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber |
| 19 | Zhou Guanyu | CHN | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber |
| Pitlane | Alex Albon | THA | Williams Racing |
* Alex Albon is required to start the sprint from the pit lane after Williams made set-up changes to his car while under parc ferme.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen will start at the front after claiming pole position in Friday's sprint qualifying.
McLaren's Lando Norris - recently his closest competition - starts from second. His teammate Oscar Piastri will be third.
Mercedes' George Russell and Lewis Hamilton are fourth and sixth, either side of Ferrari's Carlos Sainz.
Charles Leclerc saw his sprint qualifying ruined when he stopped in the pitlane with an issue, failing to set a time in SQ3, so he must start from 10th.
The Aston Martins are notably in a lowly 12th and 13th, while Daniel Ricciardo must start from 16th.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
