Bojan Vrbnjak
Max Verstappen you are in Abu Dhabi provided pole position. Dutchman was closely beaten by the Mercedes duo Bottas in Hamilton. For Verstappn, this is the third best starting position in his career.
Q1: Hamilton's last minute time
While they are both racers Haas opened this year’s final qualifiers, they quickly put things in their place Valtteri Bottas in Lewis Hamilton. To the latter, the commissioners deleted the best time of the round where the Briton v bend 20 was a little too long, and on top of that his jumping around the curb didn’t look the healthiest for the bottom of a race car. Hamilton he drove one lap to recharge his batteries and immediately afterwards another quick lap and that in seventh place. Also Verstappen he drove another quick lap after a failed attempt and swung to second place.
Three minutes before the end, the showdown to advance to the Q2. Giovinazzi was out of time at the time for Magnussen, Fittipaldi, Russell in Latifim, which rotated from turn 21 in front of the target plane. In the last attempt, he managed to achieve 15. place. Also Renault he got rid of the hair loss, and he couldn't stop it from being disappointed Russell.
Q1 racers dropped out: Raikkonen, Magnussen, Russell, Fittipaldi, Latifi
Q2: Final stop for Vettl and both Renault
As expected, most of the team in the first attempt in Q2 put on a medium mixture of tires. Le Norris, Kwiat, Gasly in Giovinazzi they set out on the track with a soft mixture. Hamilton is s 1: 35.466 minutes set the first best time and was six hundredths faster than Bottas. They joined Mercedes Norris in Sainz. Verstappen managed to get to fifth place. Albon in Ricciard however, they deleted the times because they violated the track limit.
In conclusion, everyone was except Leclerc in Verstappen on a soft mixture. The Dutchman swung to third place. For Renault, however, it all ended sooner than planned, because in Q2 was the final stop for both racers. Sebastian Vettel finished his last qualification for Ferrari in thirteenth place. Giovinazzi deleted both lap times, Perez however, he did not go to the track at all, as he will start tomorrow's race from scratch due to the replacement of engine components.
Q2 racers dropped out: Ocon, Ricciardo, Vettel, Giovinazzi, Perez
Q3 - Verstappen at the last minute before Mercedes
Bottas ended in the first attempt before Hamilton, The Finn has been with time 1: 34.415 minutes almost a tenth and a half faster than the British. Verstappen he was a hair faster than Hamilton and climbed to fourth place Albon. Hamilton and Bottas were the first to launch a second attempt, which was relatively quick. The current champion has found the answer to Bottas time and with the best times of the sectors landed ahead of the Finn.
All Bottas he had an immediate ready answer and crossed the finish line by a hair faster than Hamilton. But he apparently forgot about Verstappen, who took a risk and succeeded by leaving the track late. He overtook both racers in the final seconds Mercedesa and drove pole position for the first time since Brazil 2019. For the first three, the racers were classified as follows: Carlos Sainzm, Daniil Kvyat, Lance Stroll, Charles Leclerc in Pierre Gasly.
