Where will ‘Checo’ start at the Red Bull Ring? – The financial

He Austrian Red Bull Ringwhich debuted on the calendar since 1969 and has had a long but interrupted history in Formula 1, hosts this weekend the Austrian Grand Prix, the eleventh race of this 2024. In the preview, the grid for the 2025 season shows some changes due to the renewals of Lance Stroll and Pierre Gaslywhile in statements, Verstappen assured his permanence in Red Bull at least for next year.

Although the renewal is no longer a concern for ‘Checo’ Pérez because at the beginning of the month he signed the two-year extension with the Austrian team, the weekends after the Miami Grand Prix They have been complicated and the Mexican driver has lost positions in the World Drivers’ Championship, from second place to fifth, and at the moment he is behind Max Verstappen, Lando Norris, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz.

At dawn on Saturday, the sprint race was run, the winner was Max Verstappen, to no one’s surprise, and the drivers only had a 60-minute free practice, where the Dutchman set the best time, while Pérez was left out of the top ten.

2024 Austrian GP Qualifying Recap: How did ‘Checo’ Pérez fare in F1 today?

Max Verstappen was the king in both the sprint race and in qualifying and secured pole position with a time of 1:04.314, unattainable for Lando Norris and George Russell, who stalked him during the session.

‘Checo’ Perez He will have the difficult mission of climbing positions this Sunday from eighth, the good news is that last year he did it masterfully and even managed to get on the podium in third place.

“At the beginning the track was very green, there was not much difference with the new tire and We ended up putting two new ones in Q1, that hurt us in Q3 (…) With used tires in Q3 it was difficult,” the Mexican driver told Fox Sports.

“The main thing is the new tyre versus the used one on a track with a lot of degradation. We are not maximising the potential, which is unfortunate because we were improving, It seems that I need more adaptation time than Max with the times we made,” he added.

9:00 – This is how the starting grid looks at the Red Bull Ring

The classification began at 8:00, central Mexico time, and It was not a good session for ‘Checo’ Pérezwho failed to close the gap with his teammate and will start in eighth position.

1. Max Verstappen
2. Lando Norris
3. George Russell
4. Carlos Sainz
5. Lewis Hamilton
6. Charles Leclerc
7. Oscar Piastri
8. ‘Checo’ Perez
9. Nico Hulkenberg
10. Esteban Ocon
11. Daniel Ricciardo
12. Kevin Magnussen
13. Pierre Gasly
14. Yuki Tsunoda
15. Fernando Alonso
16. Alex Albon
17. Lance Stroll
18. Valtteri Bottas
19. Logan Sargeant
20. Zhou Ganyou

• 0′ ‘Checo’ Pérez closes 0.88 behind Verstappen, places eighth
• 0′ Pole position for Verstappen with a super time: 1:04.314!
• 3′ Verstappen, Norris, Russell, Leclerc and Piastri are the top 5 at the moment
• 7′ ‘Checo’ Pérez is positioned eighth with a wide distance from the Dutchman, more than a second
• 7′ Verstappen does it again! With 1:04.426 he takes the lead, followed by Norris at 0.361
• 10′ After some adjustments to his vehicle, ‘Checo’ Pérez leaves
• 10′ Ocon and Hulkenberg leave, followed by Norris and Piastri
• 12′ Q3 START!
• The drivers have just 12 minutes to find the best position on the Red Bull Ring grid.

8:40 – Q2 closed with Verstappen unstoppable

• 0′ Ricciardo, Gasly, Magnussen, Tsunoda and Alonso are out

• 0′ Verstappen, imposing with a lap of 1:04.469followed by Sainz and Russell with more than half a second distance
• 1′ The Mexican positions himself eighth, half a second behind Verstappen, and advances to Q3

• 3′ ‘Checo’ Pérez goes with a new set of tires for his second lap
• 5′ Sainz is still on the lookout for the lead, this time he is four tenths away in second place
• 7′ Pérez is fifth, six tenths behind Max
• 9′ Leclerc was leading, but Verstappen improves the time with 1:04.577
• 10′ ‘Checo’ Pérez leaves shortly after the Dutchman in search of a better time
• 11′ Verstappen comes out and behind him, Lando Norris, involved in the fight that has become habitual between these two
• 14′ Also on track Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly
• 14′ Carlos Sainz, the fastest in Q1, is the first to go out on track, followed by his teammate Charles Leclerc
• 15′ Q2 BEGINS! The clock starts ticking
• In Q2 there are 15 minutes of action and the five slowest drivers are out
• The drivers prepare to return to the track after an intense Q1 with tight times

8:20 – This is how Q1 ended at the Austrian Grand Prix

• 0′ Sainz, Piastri and Verstappen set the fastest times at the start of qualifying

• 0′ Albon, Stroll, Bottas, Sargeant and Zhou They are those eliminated from Q1
• 0′ The Mexican finished in 12th position and continued on to Q2, but used two sets of new soft tyres
• 1′ ‘Checo’ Pérez also goes with new soft tyres for his last attempt in Q1
• 4′ Hamilton is currently in the elimination zone, he goes out with new soft tires and looks for salvation
• 6′ Piastri gets behind the Ferrari, Norris tries his own, but doesn’t get past Verstappen in third
• 8′ Carlos Sainz takes the lead with a timed lap of 1:05.263
• 9′ Verstappen and Perez return to the track for better times, Max gets second in this attempt, ‘Checo’ positions himself in fifth
• 12′ The Mercedes, Hamilton and Russell, just hit the track
• 13′ Verstappen (1:06.054) and Pérez (1:06.201) are sixth and seventh, respectively, at the moment
• 13′ Leclerc takes the lead with 1:05.901, followed by Norris and Piastri
• 15′ The Ferraris also leave, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz
• 16′ Max Verstappen opens the lap on the Red Bull Ring track, followed by ‘Checo’ Pérez
• 18′ Q1 STARTS! Open the pit lane and the stopwatch starts ticking. The drivers with the five worst times will be out of Q2
• Max Verstappen, Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris They completed the podium of the sprint race in the early hours of this Saturday
• The classification begins at 8:00 in the morning, central Mexico time

Formula 1 Austrian GP schedule and dates: When and at what time is F1 2024 qualifying?

Shortly after the sprint race, the drivers are back in action on the track and now fighting for the best position on the starting grid at the Red Bull Ring. Last year, pole position went to Max Verstappen.

• Austrian GP Classification: Saturday June 29, 8:00 a.m.., Central Mexico time.
• Austrian GP Race: Sunday 30 June, 7:00 a.m.

F1 streaming: Where can I watch the 2024 Austrian GP live from Mexico?

Max Verstappen is the driver with the most victories on this circuitcurrently boasts four victories, the last one was last year. Before him, Charles Leclerc won in 2022.

These are the options to not miss a single minute of coverage of the Austrian Grand Prix, whether on cable, satellite or streaming:

• Fox Sports 1
• Fox Sports 3
• Fox Sports Premium
• F1 TV
• Minute by minute in The financial

How did ‘Checo’ Pérez do in the Austrian Grand Prix?

The Mexican driver is in need of a victory to improve the poor results he has accumulated since the Miami Grand Prix and this could be the occasion. The most recent record supports him because it is his best result in Austria.

Last year, ‘Checo’ Pérez surprised with a comeback that was a hit, starting in 15th position after a qualifying session marked by penalties. In the nick of time, he got on the podium with third place, behind Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen.

“Well done, ‘Checo’, good comeback!”, this is how Christian Horner celebrated the feat. It is worth remembering that it was a complex weekend for the Mexican because he suffered from illness and precisely one night before the fever did not allow him to rest properly.

Perez arrived at that Sunday with a second place in the sprint race. It was a very profitable weekend with points for him and the team, as he could have in this edition.

However, it is the only podium in ten races with this venue in his Formula 1 career. With Red Bull, he finished sixth in 2021 and abandoned in 2022 due to damage to his car after a collision with George Russell just on the first lap.