The qualifiers started in sunny weather, despite the fact that the possibility of precipitation in the weather forecast before the qualifiers was quite high.
Q1: Resin for Carlos Sainz
With a quick lap, he proved to be among the first Sebastian Vettel and set the standard for everyone else, followed by a teammate Charles Leclerc. It's soon after that Carlos Sainz reported to his headquarters "There's something wrong with the engine." McLarn engineers called him back to the pits, which the Spaniard managed without additional help, but he still could not continue qualifying.
He then set the best time in Q1 Max Verstappen, and with both Williams, they said goodbye to the right to further attempts Daniil Kvyat, Lance Stroll and already mentioned unfortunate Sainz.
Q2: Max’s dominance for the second time
Max Verstappen he started the second part of the qualifications just as he finished the first - with the fastest time, which he improved in the next attempt.
In an attempt to rank in the top ten, he spun in his second attempt Antonio Giovinazzi and finished with Q2, but did not qualify for the third part of the qualifiers alongside the Italian Lando Norris, which is only a hundredth behind Kimi Räikönnen in tenth place Daniel Ricciardo, Nico Hulkenberg in Sergio Perez.
Q3: Max’s dominance for the third time and the most beautiful gift for Horner’s birthday
Even in the third part of the qualifications, it started with the notes he wrote Max Verstappen, which was again the fastest in the first attempt. All Q3 participants, of course, had at their disposal another attempt, which was again made the best use of the Dutchman and further improved his time, and with pole position certainly delighted his boss today celebrates his 45th birthday.
Behind him, they placed second and third Sebastian Vettel in Lewis Hamilton, and in the "best of the rest" part of the table they are surprised both Haas, who finished eighth and tenth, and good qualifications drove the traditionally solid Pierre Gasly on the seventh and Kimi Räikönen in ninth place. For Finn, this is the first qualifying ranking among the top ten after the Italian Grand Prix in Monza.
