SPIELBERG, Austria (AP) — Just when it seemed Mercedes' Formula 1 pole position streak was surely at an end, George Russell had other ideas at the Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday. Russell came through the second-to-last corner seconds after Max Verstappen went spinning off the track toward the barrier,

George Russell topped the timesheets on Saturday in the Styrian mountains, claiming pole position for this year's Austrian Grand Prix, but a devastating end to qualifying for Max Verstappen caused major confusion for Mercedes and Ferrari.

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The sport stopped racing there after the 1987 Grand Prix, judging it too dangerous for the speeds F1 cars were capable of at the time. It was rebuilt in the mid-’90s, losing around a mile (1.6 km) in length and much of its original character in the process but gaining things like gravel traps and runoff areas at the corners,

After every F1 qualifying session, Motorsport publishes each team's qualifying record in terms of team-mate battles. This record is based exclusively on qualifying results so that

The Austrian circuit features 2.7 miles of steep elevation changes, long straights, all kinds of corners — and track limits concerns.