Bojan Vrbnjak
Lewis Hamilton si with a track record in Spa-Francorchamps and with a significant advantage over the first runner-up in today’s qualifiers GP of Belgium brought the best starting position for tomorrow's race. His teammate Valtteri Bottas, who will be standing next to him in the first starting line tomorrow, was slower by more than half a second and only a shade faster than the third today Max Verstappen.
Q1 - Mercedes showed its strength, Ferrari escaped embarrassment
The first time in Q1 were set by both racers of the team Haas, only then did the others start to enter the time table. He easily got his first quick attempts in Q1 Mercedes. Hamilton was two tenths faster than Bottas, third Ricciardo however, it is already a second behind. For Ferrari however, the failure from training also continued in the qualifiers. Leclerc he still hoped to stay on after the first quick try 14. place. Hag however, he was penultimate and in a lost position.
But in the second quick attempt, both racers fought Ferrari however, they solved it by agreeing to 13th and 15th place, where he was Sebastian Vettel faster than a teammate Charles Leclerc. For the racer Haas in Alfa Romeo and Latifija from Williams was the final stop here.
Incidents: In the last attempt in Stavelot, Magnussen came off the track and partly "plowed" the sand.
Dropped after Q1: Kimi Raikkonen, Romain Grosjean, Antonio Giovinazzi, Nicholas Latifi and Kevin Magnussen.
Q2 - Mercedes on top again, the final stop for Ferrari
Hamilton this time he decided to be the first to drive on the track. So British, are also Bottas in Verstappen and both racers Racing Point in the first quick round bet on medium rubber compoundto secure them for the start of tomorrow’s race. Everyone except the racer pink Mercedes have been successful since they were Stroll in Perez after the first attempt she landed in eleventh and twelfth places. Hamilton, Bottas in Verstappen however, they placed in the top three with a medium tire mix.
Behind them, the duo surprised Renault Ricciardo in Ocon, who were the first followers of the top three. Ten were still being filled Albon, gasly, Norris, Sainz in Kvyat. Racer Ferrari Vettel and Leclerc they were in 13th and 14th place, half a second behind the time that would have allowed them to enter Q3. Only the young were behind them Russell, which, however, did not reach the time. Except Ricciardo all the other racers decided to hunt to improve their time. Stroll and Perez are their race cars RP20 dressed in a soft mixture and landed easily among the top ten. For both racers Ferrari but it was over here.
Dropped after Q2: Daniil Kvjat, Pierre Gasly, Charles Leclerc, Sebastian Vettel and George Russell.
Q3 - Mercedes in the front row, Max close behind Bottas
He is in the last part of the qualifications Lewis Hamilton dictated the pace and showed competitors who is the king of qualifications GP of Belgium. His teammate Bottas he was more than half a second behind him. For racers Mercedesa he found himself surprisingly surprised after the first attempt at a fast lap Ricciardo before Verstappen. From the fifth place onwards, it indicated the following order: Albon, Sainz, Ocon, Perez, Stroll and Norris.
V last quick try he was the first to hit the track again Hamilton and once again corrected his time and track record in They connect put on 1: 41.252 minutes. Bottas he had nothing to add to this, and he could be happy to have stayed in second place, for Verstappen he approached him dangerously and was only a tenth of a second behind. Ricciardo he thus slipped to fourth place, forming a third row Albon in Or with, seventh place went to Sainz, eighth Perez, ninth Stroll and tenth Norris.
