George Russell snatches pole, Kimi Antonelli fourth for Austria Grand Prix grid
SPIELBERG: George Russell produced a dramatic late and contentious fastest lap in his Mercedes on Saturday to claim pole position ahead of the two Ferraris for Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix.The 28-year-old Briton, who had struggled to outpace his team-mate championship leader Kimi Antonelli in Friday’s practice, swept into the prime grid position with a lap in one minute and 06.113 seconds — including a need to lift through a section of waved yellow flags.His lap took him 0.236 seconds clear of Charles Leclerc and 0.295 ahead of seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton in a sensational conclusion to a closely-fought qualifying session.Italian teenager Antonelli qualified fourth after seeing and obeying the double waved yellow flags on his late flying lap by slowing down after four-time champion Max Verstappen crashed in his Red Bull.“I feel incredible, it was such an amazing lap,” said Russell. “I saw the yellow and did a big lift into the corner.
