Round 9 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2023-07-02
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) took pole for the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix with a 1:04.391 lap.
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.048s shy of pole, with Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) third on the grid. Alexander Albon (Williams) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while George Russell (Mercedes) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.432s — pole to P10 — with Alexander Albon (Williams) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:05.116 | 1:04.951 | 1:04.391 | 1:04.391 |
| 2 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:05.577 | 1:05.087 | 1:04.439 | +0.048 |
| 3 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:05.339 | 1:04.975 | 1:04.581 | +0.190 |
| 4 |
| 1Lando Norris |
| McLaren |
| 1:05.617 |
| 1:05.038 |
| 1:04.658 |
| +0.267 |
| 5 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:05.673 | 1:05.188 | 1:04.819 | +0.428 |
| 6 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:05.710 | 1:05.121 | 1:04.893 | +0.502 |
| 7 | 14Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1:05.655 | 1:05.181 | 1:04.911 | +0.520 |
| 8 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 1:05.740 | 1:05.362 | 1:05.090 | +0.699 |
| 9 | 10Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 1:05.515 | 1:05.308 | 1:05.170 | +0.779 |
| 10 | 23Alexander Albon | Williams | 1:05.673 | 1:05.387 | 1:05.823 | +1.432 |
| 11 | 63George Russell | Mercedes | 1:05.686 | 1:05.428 | — | +1.037 |
| 12 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:05.729 | 1:05.453 | — | +1.062 |
| 13 | 81Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1:05.683 | 1:05.605 | — | +1.214 |
| 14 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:05.763 | 1:05.680 | — | +1.289 |
| 15 | 11Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 1:05.177 | 2:06.688 | — | +62.297 |
| 16 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:05.784 | — | — | +1.393 |
| 17 | 24Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 1:05.818 | — | — | +1.427 |
| 18 | 2Logan Sargeant | Williams | 1:05.948 | — | — | +1.557 |
| 19 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:05.971 | — | — | +1.580 |
| 20 | 21Nyck de Vries | AlphaTauri | 1:05.974 | — | — | +1.583 |