Marko Hanželic
Also on the market is in Imoli it is necessary to be careful, because in practice racers are often they hinder each other. The route is not particularly short, but it is narrow and in the morning training it was only necessary for the round minute and 14 seconds, which of course means that spacing among race cars they are not exactly optimal for qualifications.
Q1 - Räikönnen pitch, Ricciardo at the last minute, Russell on again
He was the first to set foot on the track Magnussen, which is expected to put on a new fresh set of soft tires. Let's remember Haas is still the only team that has not yet confirmed any of the drivers for next year, but we know that the current racers will not be driving for the American team.
After a few racers took turns in the lead, he swung to first place Hamilton with a time of 1: 15,144 minutes, three tenths slower than the time he managed in the morning. Before the end Q1 he was nevertheless overtaken by a teammate Valtteri Bottas. Mercedesa they were otherwise back in their world as he was third Verstappen already 8 tenths of a second behind.
He did great again in Q1 Pierre Gasly, in a dramatic conclusion that got a lot of nerves back Sebastian Vettl (13th place), however, dropped out Magnussen, who found himself in the sand and could not drive the last fast lap, his teammate Grosjean, Kimi Räikönen, who had his time erased due to driving over the track frames, Latifs in Giovinazzi. He hung until the last one too Ricciardo, who apparently had some problems with the race car and actually qualified ahead with one serious lap anyway.
❌ - Magnussen, Grosjean, Räikönnen, Latifi in Giovinazzi
Q2 - Defective spark plug provided a moment of horror at Red Bullu
Quite a few racers have decided to enter Q3 tried to achieve on tires of medium compound. They are both among them Mercedesa in Verstappen, who soon after the start of Q3 began to sue o loses power Honda's six-cylinder in his Red Bullu.
Medium tires are clearly not the right choice for Ferrari, as after the first attempts both were even ranked for Russell v Williams, meanwhile, Alex also spun Albon, which further tired the atmosphere in Red Bullovand garages.
As we were able to find out, it was for power loss at Verstappen LMB defective spark plug and the Dutchman came in fourth in the last attempt anyway. A few seconds later, his teammate also rushed in front of him Albon. Worse, Q2 ended for Sebastian Vettl, who ended up stuck again in Q2 (14th place) and kept him company Sergio Perez, Esteban Ocon, George Russell in Lance stroll.
On the other hand, both team racers managed to get into Q3 Alpha Tauri in McLaren, and also Ricciardo in Leclerc.
❌ - Perez, Ocon, Vettel, Russell and Stroll
Q3 - Mercedes again class for itself, Gasly fourth
Only the first three will start on tomorrow medium tread tires. Everyone else opted for soft. Hamilton he soon “hit” with the fastest time, he was behind him Bottas, which lagged thirty thousandths. It was just a question of which of "Black" will eventually be at the top. In the pits, there was almost a close encounter between Verstappen in Ricciardo, but it all ended without consequences for both of them.
In the last attempt it was Hamilton managed to improve by an additional 75 thousandths, but it was Bottas even faster and will start from pole position tomorrow. In third place we traditionally find Max Verstappen, and surprisingly behind him Pierre Gasly, which he left behind Ricciardo in Albon. The AlphaTauri team obviously benefited from the filming day they had in Imola.
Minor disappointment for Ferrari, Leclerc managed to get to seventh place, followed by him Kvyat, followed by both McLaren.
