Mercedes Benz is in the first qualifiers of the season this year 2020 in Austria with a double lead shocked rivals and that in the truest sense of the word. Valtteri Bottas beat his teammate by a hair Lewis Hamilton and secured his twelfth pole position in his career. Max Verstappen took third place, but with a large backlog. Classic Ferrari for sale suffered a failure, Hag dropped out as early as Q2.
Q1 - Mercedes starts bluffing
As usual, the racers from the beginning were the first to enter the track. Mercedes Benz in Red Bull they drove onto the track only after five minutes. He set the first tangible time Lance stroll, which, however, quickly overtook him Verstappen, and then again Sainz in Perez. It wasn’t a nice time to see anything from Mercedes and Renault. But in the second attempt it did Hamilton already found in second place. Stroll is in conclusion Q1 he swung to first place again, but was quickly overtaken by Verstappen, Bottas and Hamilton.
Dropped out in Q1: Kevin Mganussen (HaasF1), George Russell (Williams), Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo), Kimi Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo) and Nicholas latifi (Williams).
Q2 - Albon just before the end pushed Vettl out of the top ten
Initially the second part qualifiers, the teams took a surprising amount of time. The first, also surprisingly, drove to the track at Mercedes. This time, they also placed their cards on the table Hamilton and Bottas. The six-time world champion was faster than his Finnish teammate, third Norris however, he was more than half a second behind. From here on to ninth place, the racers lay within a half-tenth of a second. Interesting that it is Verstappen the only one in Q2 tried s medium rubber compound, with which he will also start tomorrow 's race.
Three minutes before the end Q2 je Stroll opened the hot phase, but failed to make progress. That’s why they honestly fired up at Mercedes. Bottas set the time 1: 03.015 minutes and was eight hundredths faster than Hamilton. Verstappen he gave up the last experiment on the soft mixture, and the reason has already been stated. For Mercedes the twins swung to third place in Q2 Albon and its improvement meant the end of qualifications for Sebastian Vettl. Leclerc he got rid of his hair and advanced to the final part as the tenth. His comment, when told he was tenth, says it all: “oh my god"
Dropped out in Q2: Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari), Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri), Daniil Kvyat (AlphaTauri), Esteban Ocon (Renault) and Romain Grosjean (HaasF1).
Q3 - Mercedes showed where the dog taco prays
Team black arrows is in Q3 set the first hours. Bottas is already in its first attempt at time 1: 02.939 minutes surpassed last year’s track record set by Leclerc. Hamilton lagged behind the Finn by a tenth, the first pursuer of black race cars, Verstappen in Albon, but they were already six or nine tenths behind. They were followed by Sainz, Perez and Leclerc, while Norris, Stroll and Ricciardo have not yet driven on the track.
Three minutes before the end, the first for the second attempt drove onto the track Stroll, which swung to sixth place. Hamilton is in his attempt to Bottas he was twelve thousandths of a second behind, and he could lose you the moment he is Bottas in the fourth turn he drove off the track into the sand. For two Mercedesa came in third with more than half a second behind Verstappen. Norris, Albon, Perez, Leclerc, Sainz, Stroll and Ricciardo finish in the top ten.
Declarations of the first three qualifications of the Austrian GP
VALTTERI BOTTAS
LEWIS HAMILTON
MAX STEPS
