Heavy rain in Spielberg: start of qualifying postponed

The race management initially decided in the afternoon that the hunt for times at the Styrian Grand Prix could not begin at 15 p.m. as planned. If the heavy rain in Spielberg, Austria, continues, the fight for pole position could probably only take place on Sunday morning. Then dry conditions are announced and the race should start as planned on Sunday afternoon (15.10:XNUMX p.m.).

The rain had started on Saturday morning and had become increasingly heavy. The course was under water in many places and the third training session at midday was canceled. The race in the Formula 3 supporting series had previously been canceled after 3 of 12 laps. The rain prevented qualifying from starting on time. © APA/afp / JOE KLAMAR

It wasn't just the route conditions that were problematic; the rescue helicopter also couldn't take off due to the low clouds and precipitation. It would therefore not have been possible to carry out the last training session safely.

Race director Michael Masi had already outlined the various scenarios on Friday evening. “If third practice and qualifying are canceled on Saturday and nothing is possible on Sunday morning, then we would have to use the times from the second free practice as a basis,” said the Australian. Verstappen with the best time In the second training session on Friday, Red Bull local hero Max Verstappen secured the best time in 2:1.03,660 minutes. Valtteri Bottas took second place in the Mercedes ahead of Sergio Perez in the Racing Point. Sergio Perez (Racing Point) landed in third place. World champion Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes took 3th place.

Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc ended up in 2th place in the second training session. His teammate Sebastian Vettel didn't get past 9th place.

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Heavy rain in Spielberg: start of qualifying postponed

Heavy rain in Spielberg threw Formula 1 into chaos on Saturday and led to the postponement of qualifying.

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