What time is F1 qualifying today? The Austrian Grand Prix schedule puts Qualifying on Saturday, June 27, alongside Free Practice 3. Free Practice 1 and Free Practice 2 are on Friday, June 26, and The Grand Prix itself follows on Sunday, June 28.
Jolyon Palmer and The Red Bull Ring
Jolyon Palmer, the former Renault F1 driver, called Austria “a picturesque circuit, really undulating, which makes it nice to drive and characterful.” He also said, “It’s one of the fastest on the calendar and it really feels it at the wheel.”
He picked out Turn 1 as a place where speed arrives earlier than expected, saying, “Turn 1 is always quicker than you think it’s going to be, but braking is the order of the day for the first sector.” He added that “There’s overtaking aplenty in Turns 3 and 4, and then the flow through the second half of the lap is really good as it just comes around so quickly.”
Turn 4 at Spielberg
Palmer’s sharpest warning was for Turn 4. “Turn 4, a downhill braking zone, is the easiest one to mess up – so many drivers end up in the gravel there on the exit.” That is the corner most likely to punish a driver who pushes too hard while the lap is still building.
The Red Bull Ring in Spielberg brings more than layout to the weekend. It has an elevation change of 63 metres and sits at over 600 metres of altitude, while Pirelli is bringing the C3, C4 and C5 compounds to the event. That gives teams a short run of setup work across Friday and Saturday before qualifying begins.
Saturday before Sunday
The schedule is simple for readers trying to sort the weekend: Friday carries Free Practice 1 and Free Practice 2, Saturday carries Free Practice 3 and Qualifying, and Sunday is reserved for The Grand Prix. The article says qualifying is on Saturday, June 27, but it does not provide the exact time readers are looking for.
That leaves one practical question hanging for anyone planning around the session: what time is F1 qualifying today? The date is fixed, the order is fixed, and the weekend moves from practice to qualifying to the race in that sequence. Anyone following The Austrian Grand Prix can mark Saturday for the session and Sunday for the race.
