Saturday, 1 July 2023
-    Sprint Shootout: P5, 1:05.136, 18 laps
-    Sprint: P3, 24 laps

• Carlos Sainz finished third in the Sprint of the Austrian GP, where he passed two cars on track in a tricky race that was compromised by an unpredictable weather and a challenging track.
• In the morning, the Ferrari race driver shone in the Sprint Shootout, where he overcame a technical problem in SQ1 that left him with only one shot to continue to SQ2. In SQ3, where he ran on used Soft tyres, he set the fifth fastest time overall.
• The rain appeared a few minutes before the start, and therefore Carlos and most of the grid chose to start on Intermediate tyres.
• The Spaniard passed Lando Norris at the start and then overtook Nico Hülkenberg in the thirteenth lap to move up to third, and then he defended that place until the chequered flag without pitting any single time.

QUOTES:
“It wasn’t an easy Saturday but I’m happy to be P3 today after how hectic the start of the day had been, with the brake issue in SQ1 and having only one lap to progress to SQ2! I would have loved to have that set of new Softs in SQ3 but, considering everything, qualifying P5 wasn’t too bad".

"Then the wet Sprint race was also very challenging. The car was tricky in the high speed sections, but we managed to bring home this third place, which I think was the maximum today".

"Now all our focus is on tomorrow, where I hope we can confirm the good step forward we have made as a team and bring home a good result".

COMING UP
Sunday, 2 July 2023
-    Race: 15:00 local time (15:00 CEST)