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Driver Mercedes Valtteri Bottas clinched his first pole position of the 2018 Formula 1 season in qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix.
Bottas, whose last pole position was won in Abu Dhabi last year Q3 in the top 10 with a lap of 1m03.264 in his first run – almost half a second faster than his most close rival Kimi Raikkonen.
Teammate Lewis Hamilton ran into the pin of Turn 3 in his first run in the first few races, but the last runs turned into a shootout between the two Mercedes riders.
In his last lap, Bottas put Hamilton away from the first and third sectors, with only two thousandths faster in the middle sector, which earned him 19 thousandths of a second.
Sebastian Vettel made a mistake in his first attempt in Q3, but jumped from seventh to third on his last race in front of teammate Kimi Raikkonen.
The Ferraris start the race of tomorrow on ultra-light tires, having used them to establish their Q2, while Hamilton and Bottas will have supersofts
Romain Grosjean achieved a superb performance in sealing fifth place in his first round in Q3, which allowed him to overtake the Red Bulls Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo, fifth and seventh, made three attempts in Q3 after using supersofts for establish their Q2.
Kevin Magnussen, in the second Haas, took the eighth place ahead of Renault by Carlos Sainz Jr and Nico Hulkenberg
Esteban Ocon finished 11th after his last lap of Q2 fell nearly two tenths of a second before beat Hulkenberg, who made enough progress on his second run to overtake Force India. 19659003] Toro Rosso rider Pierre Gasly was unable to improve his second try and finished 12th ahead of Charles Leclerc's Sauber, who only found 0.003s on his last shooter.
Leclerc was penalized with a penalty of five places after suffering a failure of the FP3 gearbox, which means that it will start from the 18th.
McLaren & # 39; s Fernando Alonso qualifies 14th, but will be 13th because of Leclerc penalty
who did a good job for Q2 for the first time since the Grand Prix from Azerbaijan two months ago.
Stoffel Vandoorne was the quickest rider eliminated in T1 thanks to Stroll's last-minute turn to relegate him to 16th place.
Vandoorne was one of many pilots whose last attempt was compromised by yellow flags in the middle section, Sauber, of Leclerc, caused a visit of the Turn 4 gravel, although his first sectoral chrono was was marked by his personal best.
Sergio Perez of Force India was 17th, with radio messages suggesting that he had some sort of energy recovery problem that perhaps limited his available power at least during his first run.
Pilot Williamsy Sirotkin had established his best first sector when the yellow flags hit in the middle area, meaning that he finished 18th after three races.
Brendon Hartley of Toro Rosso also completed three races, but was unable to improve on his last run of 0.013
Marcus Ericsson, Sauber's driver, was the slowest, at a tenth of a second from Hartley after having to give up his last lap after establishing his best personal sector.
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