Red Bull’s Max Verstappen secures pole position at Austrian Grand Prix

The world champion produced a scintillating lap of the shortest track on the Formula One calendar to finish 0.404 seconds clear of McLaren’s Lando Norris.

POLE POSITION: Red Bull driver Max Verstappen won the sprint event and qualified on pole. Pic: Christian Bruna/AP

Max Verstappen followed up his sprint victory by securing pole position for Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix.

On Red Bull’s home turf in Spielberg, and cheered on by 40,000 travelling Dutch fans, Verstappen blew away his rivals to take top spot.