Team Summary:
With qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix run on the Friday under the Sprint format the opening eighteen minute period would commence with everyone coming out on the soft tyre. This would include both Williams cars as Tsunoda set a 1m:07.578 only to see Leclerc move ahead with a 1m:06.762 then to see Sainz move ahead with a 1m:06.363. But Sainz's time would be deleted as Perez was now second from Norris and a Williams. The times would rapidly change as Leclerc went fastest with a 1m:06.200 now followed by Sainz, Schumacher, Magnussen and Alonso fifth. The only Williams with a time was now eighth.

Russell would move into fourth but Ocon would move ahead while at the front Verstappen was now quickest with a time of 1m:06.097 followed by Perez and Alonso. But Verstappen's lap was also deleted seeing Perez quickest from Alonso and Leclerc. Russell was again fourth as Hamilton went quickest with a time of 1m:06.079. but it would again change as we now had Leclerc fastest with a 1m:05.419 from Sainz and Verstappen. For Williams one car had its time deleted seeing the pair now 19th and 20th. Hamilton was now fourth followed by Perez, Alonso, Russell, Norris, Schumacher and Ocon tenth. Of the Williams only one would make it into Q2 finishing in 14th while the other was 19th.

The second period would commence with everyone again coming out on the soft tyre. As the times came in we would have Hamilton quickest with a 1m:05.538 followed by Verstappen, Russell, Leclerc, Sainz, Perez, Ocon, Gasly and Norris ninth. The remaining Williams was able to move into seventh but would drop to eighth then ninth as the car pitted. Alonso would move into sixth as the track emptied as drivers came in for a tyre change. With the next runs Leclerc would go quickest with a time of 1m:05.287 from Hamilton and Verstappen. More drivers were on their out laps and with the final lap in the order was Leclerc, Verstappen, Hamilton, Sainz, Russell, Perez, Magnussen, Ocon, Alonso and Schumacher. But the remaining Williams had been knocked out but 12th was an massive encouragement for Williams.

The final period of qualifying would see the first runs completed with Hamilton crashing seeing the period Red Flagged. But there would be another Red Flag this time for the second Mercedes of Russell that would also crash. With the final runs it would be Verstappen who would go quickest with a time of 1m:04.984 followed by Leclerc, Sainz, Perez, Russell, Ocon, Magnussen, Schumacher, Alonso, and Hamilton tenth. For Williams their positions for the Saturday Sprint would see them start from 12th and 19th. Certainly an encouraging result for Williams Racing with their new car showing some good pace compared to their main rivals.

Alex Albon:
Alex would be out first for Williams in the opening qualifying period using the soft tyre. Alex would set a 1m:07.283 to be fifth changing to fourth as times were deleted. He would pit after a three lap run now and in the pits would drop to 13th. He would return on a new set of soft tyres. His first lap was a 1m:06.511 to be eighth. But his time was also deleted seeing him drop to 18th. He would pit after another three lap run and would drop to 20th. But he would return for a final run on another set of soft tyres. He would set a 1m:06.516 to be 14th and into Q2 just 0.11s off the top ten.

Alex would return on a used set of soft tyres and would be able to set a 1m:06.476 to be seventh dropping to eighth. After a three lap he would pit now 12th as he waited to return. With the final minutes counting down Alex would return and was able to set a 1m:06.230 to be 10th. With further times he would drop to 12th and unfortunately was out of qualifying. But regardless a great performance from Alex and the new car.

Nicholas Latifi:
Nicholas would be running in the opening qualifying period using the soft tyre. He would set a time but it would be deleted and he would pit. He would return on another set of new soft tyres and would set a 1m:07.109 to be 16th. This would become 17th as he pitted again after a three lap run. But he would drop to 19th as he returned for a final run but with a 1m:07.003 he would remain 19th and out of qualifying.