Marko Hanželic
Qualifications for GP of Portugal na Algarve Circuit they started with a thirty-minute delay as organizers had to fix it drainage gratings, which he opened Sebastian Vettelwhen, unsuspectingly, he drove over them.
It all pissed me off most of all Carlos Sainz, a big fan Real Madrid, which began at 16 p.m. The classic against FC Barcelona, which, however, was more or less missed by the McLaren racer, as he was behind the wheel at the time.
Q1 - George Russell escaped relegation
After the first attempts, they were out of advance Grosjean, Raikkonen, Russell, Magnussen in Latifs. Which would mean things go on without surprises. He suffered even more after the first five minutes Sebastian Vettel, who achieved everything 14. place, but was still half a second ahead of sixteenth place, which means no advancement in Q2. Even at the top with no surprises. He is there Hamilton led before Verstappen in Bottas.
Before the end of Q1, he improved to XNUMXth place with an excellent lap George Russel, which he thus eliminated Giovinazzi, who joined the infamous company Räikönen's, Grosjean, Magnussen in Latifia.
Q2 - Sebastian Vettl's quick farewell again
V Q1 it was more or less clear which teams would fight the relegation. V Q2 this is no longer so clear. Russell will of course have a hard time getting to Q1, but besides him he can be in elimination group find many. The exception is the first three, who are still a class by themselves.
Sebastian Vettel he also did not make a name for himself in Portugal in the qualifiers. The Ferrari driver took 2th and last place in Q15, which may be due to an unusual choice. medium rubber compound. They said goodbye again Ocon, Stroll, Kwjat in Russell. Ricciardo he was quite fortunate not to find himself among the said company. At the end of the session, he spun around and hit the security fence, but was able to continue. V Q2 has achieved the best time Valtteri Bottas.
Q3 - Hamilton to the top in the last attempt
V Q3 the track seems to have become slower. Bottas after the first attempt in Q3 he led with a time of 1: 16,9 minutes, which is half a second slower than in Q2. They followed him Hamilton (1: 17,0) in Verstappen (1: 17,1), which of course meant that the final attempt would decide the top.
The driver of the Mercedes they chose medium-compound tires for the second experiment. It was the right decision as they both improved their times. pole position he eventually achieved Hamilton before Bottas. They are in the second row Verstappen in Leclerc.
Ricciardo in Q3 he could no longer drive, the rear wings were too damaged in the collision in Q2 so he will start as tenth tomorrow.
Results: GP of Portugal, qualifications
