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    F1 Austrian Grand Prix: Oscar Piastri qualifies third as Lando Norris takes pole

    Australian F1 drivers' championship leader Oscar Piastri will start Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix third, while his teammate has stormed to pole position.


    Australian Formula 1 drivers' championship leader Oscar Piastri will start Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix third, while his teammate has stormed to pole position.

    Lando Norris, second in the championship behind his McLaren teammate, dominated every session of qualifying at Spielberg in a brilliant performance.

    The Brit was more than half a second quicker than Ferrari's Charles Leclerc who qualified second quickest.

    Piastri was unable to go for a final flying lap at the end of qualifying, as Frenchman Pierre Gasly spun on the track, which brought out yellow flags in the final sector.

    Those same flags denied Red Bull's Max Verstappen (seventh) from finishing his final lap.

    "I didn't get to start [my lap] because of [Pierre] Gasly spinning in the last corner," Piastri said.

    "Lando has been quick all weekend, so it would have been tough, but we had the pace to start on the front row.

    "I think we've still got some opportunities tomorrow — I'm not planning on finishing third."

    Norris crashed out of the Canadian Grand Prix a fortnight ago after running into Piastri as the duo battled on track.

    The Brit took the blame for that crash, which led to his 22-point deficit to Piastri, but put that behind him in a brilliant performance.

    "It was a good lap, that's for sure," Norris said.

    "Very happy, a good day, a good weekend for me, so hopefully I can keep it up.

    "It is a long season. I savour this moment. It is pleasing for myself, but it is a long race tomorrow."

    Car flips over another in F2 crash

    French Formula 2 driver Sami Meguetounif walked away from a frightening crash in Austria during Saturday's sprint race, when he rolled over the cockpit of a rival and finished upside-down on the track.

    The incident happened on the second lap at the tight right-hand turn three at the Red Bull Ring.

    Meguetounif attempted to make a move up the inside of Red Bull junior driver Arvid Lindblad.

    The duo made contact and Meguetounif's car flipped directly over the cockpit of Williams's junior driver Luke Browning.

    Meguetounif's car came to rest upside down, with the Frenchman able to message his team that he was fine.

    Spanish Pepe Marti went on to win the F2 sprint race.


    ABC




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