Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen beat his battling Ferrari rivals to win a Saturday sprint race and put Red Bull on pole position for Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix at his team's home track.
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc will line up alongside the Dutch driver on the front row after a scrap for second with Spanish team mate and British Grand Prix winner Carlos Sainz, who finished third.
Verstappen also won the season's previous sprint at Imola in April and his army of Dutch fans let off flares to send clouds of orange smoke billowing from the stands before and after the 23-lap race. It was then pushed back into the garage with Alonso set to start at the back on Sunday with Aston Martin's four-times champion Sebastian Vettel the only other retirement.
He is expected to start 13th on Sunday, with team mate Valtteri Bottas set to go to the back of the field due to a power unit change.
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