It is against expectations Ferrari and above all Charles Leclerc a small sensation succeeded in today’s qualifiers as no one expected it to red race car found himself in the best starting position. Everything spoke in favor Mercedesa also Red Bull Racing, this was emphasized by both teams themselves. He probably has Toto wolff a bitter aftertaste when, even to this day, he claimed to see the only adversary in Red Bullu, nothing less bitter, however, can be at Max Verstappn, who claimed they had to win for the best starting spot Mercedes Benz.
Q1
They are both in the first part of the qualifications Mercedesa first tried with medium mixture, while everyone else on the track drove with soft tires. Although they achieved the time that provided them with advancement, they did Hamilton in Bottas one attempt was also made on the soft mixture and swung to the top. They are in a tense conclusion Raikkonen in Magnussen still caught the ranking in the second part, but dropped out Kvyat, Stroll, Grosjean and both Williams racers Russell in Kubica.
Q2
In the second part of the qualifications, however, it was the end of s medium mixture. No one took a risk with the yellow tires, because the difference between a medium and a soft mixture is very large here, probably the biggest, because between C4 in C5 amounts to around 1,2 seconds. So all the racers in the second part did both attempts on soft mixtures. He was surprisingly fast Sebastian Vettel, who was overtaken by teammate Leclerc only by 70 thousandths of a second. In the second part, today’s qualifiers are over Perez, Giovinazzi, gasly, Raikkonen in Magnussen. It is also worth mentioning the close encounter of the left front wheel Raikkonen with firewall.
Q3
The third part and the expected attack followed Mercedesa at the pole position. But look at the fraction, Ferrari a small sensation succeeded, for many attributed it only to them small options for the best lap time. But Charles Leclerc it is, however, over time 1: 36.217 minutes provided by a third party pole position in a row - after They connect in Monzi. While he was Sebastian Vettel after the first attempt Q3 surprisingly and convincingly in the first place, just before the end of qualifying in the second attempt they overtook him so Leclerc as well as Hamilton. Hag is in the first attempt took a lot of risks, he also touched the wall where it probably is lost some tithe, which would benefit him to Hamilton found behind him.
In addition Vettel will start the race in the second row Max Verstappen, which is for Leclerc already behind a good six tenths seconds. He won fifth place Valtteri Bottasand the sixth is the second racer Red Bulland Alexander Albon. The remaining seats are occupied by the end of the top ten Carlos Sainz, Daniel Ricciardo, Nico Hulkenberg in Lando Norris.
