- Sergio Pérez finishes second, Carlos Sainz third
- World champion will start Sunday’s main race on pole
Max Verstappen was untouchable once more with victory in the sprint race for the Austrian Grand Prix. Verstappen took the win with aplomb from pole to flag with the all too familiar ease with which he has dominated the season thus far, beating his Red Bull teammate, Sergio Pérez, into third and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz into third.
This is Verstappen’s fourth sprint race victory after he won at the British Grand Prix in 2021 and at Imola and Austria last season. He is the driver who has comfortably enjoyed the most success in the format despite having little taste for it.