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A brake-issue left Lando Norris "scared to hit the brakes" as youngster faces a difficult weekend.
Following five races that have been "a bit of a disaster", Charles Leclerc is hoping for a clean race and some decent points.
As Lewis Hamilton admits to being "incredibly disappointed" for his mistake, teammate George Russell looks for the positives as both Mercedes drivers crash out of qualifying.
The first day of this Sprint event has been difficult, with many issues impacting both our preparation for qualifying, and our qualifying performance itself.
To get pole today was a great result for Max, he was just a little bit quicker in the last turn and that made the difference.
Sergio Perez will start tomorrow's Sprint from 13th after being penalised for exceeding track limits in Q2.
The gap to our rivals is minimal, so if we want to reverse today's result, the slightest detail can make the difference.
We've seen some light abrasion on the soft compound, which could make it an option for the sprint race, where the cars won't make a pit stop but don't run on full fuel, reducing stress on tyres.
We can be relatively happy with today's qualifying performance with Esteban in sixth and Fernando in ninth.
Thanks to all the hard work and dedication of the team back in Grove, all of whom worked tirelessly to ensure that we had enough parts available in Austria, we have had an enjoyable day today.
The performance has been slightly better than we expected, so we will do all we can in the Sprint tomorrow to progress both cars forward.
The car was not at its optimal balance, and on such a short track, with such small margins separating teams in the midfield, not being at your 100% means you end up missing out on the top places.
It was a good job by the whole team, and hopefully we can take it over to tomorrow's Sprint, keep on getting points and continuing like last week.