Marko Hanželic
Wishes Max Verstappen unfortunately the racers did not meet, as the already slippery track in Istanbul also reached the qualifications wet. Dutchman nevertheless, together with some like-minded people, he set off on the track with medium-range tires, but he soon found out that he was not racing, but was involved in a kind of speed skating. No matter what, it is Sergio Perez it was with these tires that he managed to achieve the fifth fastest time.
It was all together interesting, but what comes a lot all together with racing had nothing in common, so after spun more or less all the racers, the race management decided to hang out red flag.
It’s not just about the problems they bring rain and a track that offers almost nothing nothing grips. Leclerc he complained on the radio that through your visor he saw practically nothing. This is dangerous, of course, but it is also possible that he made the wrong decision. Drivers have a choice of different visors for each race and the Monaco has already installed a new one.
He had a similar problem as well Kevin Magnussen, who also informed his mechanics that due condensation, which accumulates under his visor, he does not see well. While waiting to continue, we also found out what the starting line would look like if we could not qualify. Team boss McLaren, Andreas Seidl, announced that the results achieved by the racers until the suspension of qualifications would be valid, which would pole position Esteban Ocon.
It all continued almost an hour after the official start, but a new attempt to carry out Q1 ended after just under three minutes, when he got stuck in the sand Romain Grosjean.
The third part of the first official part of the qualifiers ended with much faster lap times, and the fastest time set Max Verstappen. They dropped out Magnussen, Kwiat, Russell, Grosjean in Latifs. The surprise is that it is Rus he found himself in this company at all, but he had quite a bit of pitch to spin in his fast lap and in the end he didn’t even have a chance to make amends. It’s also interesting that it is Lewis Hamilton with considerable difficulty ranked forward (14th place).
Q2 - Latifi race car as a stumbling block
It is strange that s Q2 started though the race car Nicholas Latifi, which flew off the runway, has not yet been removed. Luckily there were no problems because of it, a let us remember accidents, which took place right in such moments and such weather. He also complained about the situation Kevin Magnussen, who said he saw a standing race car and therefore slowed down, while some other racers drove on without taking off the gas, recalling the accident Jules Bianchi in Suzuki.
In the end, they are in Q2 were too short to continue Sainz, Vettel, Norris, Leclerc in gasly. So both McLaren like both Ferrari. He achieved less success sebastian vettel, who won for the first time after the Hungarian Grand Prix in qualifying Leclerc.
Q2 - Racing Point embittered the life of superior Verstappn
All in all, it was just an introduction to the extremely exciting conclusion of the qualifiers, which he started with an exceptional round Max Verstappen, as he was four seconds ahead of everyone else, but returned it a little later with the same measure Sergio Perez, which was on tires of medium compound a good two seconds faster than The Dutchman. In his second attempt, he was a racer in the first two sectors Red Bull Racing the fastest, but decided to make his way to the pits.
Then it all happened very quickly. First, he hit again Perez, then before Verstappen also ranked by his teammate Stroll. A Dutchman stuck for Räikönen, returned with another time, a pole position he won in his last attempt Lance stroll, which is the first pole position this year that did not go to any of the Mercedes racers, Stroll however, he is also the first Canadian in the first starting position after Jacques Villeneuve in Jerez in 1997.
These were the first qualifiers this year in which the team Mercedes in the end, it did not dominate the rest of the competition.
Lewis Hamilton achieved only sixth time, a place behind Daniel Ricciard and with almost five seconds behind, it went even worse Valtteri Bottas, which was ninth at the end, also for Esteban Ocon in Kimi Räikönnen.
