Bojan Vrbnjak
Max Verstappen he secured the best starting point for tomorrow's race. He should otherwise be standing next to him in the first starting line Valtteri Bottas, but due to the penalty of adding three places, his teammate will be promoted to the first row Lewis Hamilton. The second type, however, will form Norris in Perez.
Q1 - Tight for Ricciard, final stop for Ocon
The first suspects on the track were the usual suspects from the teams Haas (Schumacher and Mazepin) and Latifs iz Williams, who also set the first time of the round. The other racers waited with the start of the first part of the qualifications. But after just under four minutes, traffic was on the track Red Bull Ring already concretely thickened. This a few moments later led to constant changes at the top.
Before he hit the track Hamilton, Yippee Max Verstappen set the first high-profile time 1: 04.489 minutes, but it was only a tenth of a second faster than Norris. He later intervened with them Bottas, which was half a tenth behind, Lewis Hamilton but a weak two tenths. Very late they made their first attempt at Q1 performed by both racers of the team AlpineF1, again this time Alonso faster than Ocon. But he obviously had problems Sergio Perez, who was not among the top ten just over five minutes before the end.
He followed second attempt racers to secure promotion to the second part of the qualifications. And here, except for the first four, no one was safe. So have everyone since fourth place down eliminated on the last attempt and three minutes before the end it was very varied on the track. Especially in front of the finish line, when everyone was looking for space for their quick experiment. And we witnessed a real crowd where you are Hag in the end he secured a last-minute advance, and he was on his tail Ricciardo, which broke through in Q2 by a hair, even though it drove the fastest first sector.
An incident: Bottas' Complaint That He Lost Two Tenths Because of Verstappn + Raikkonen's Trip to the Sand
Q2 - Perez fastest, Verstappen tactics with medium mix
This time he was the first to set foot on the track Bottasfollowed only by Giovinazzi in Russell. The Finn in the service of Mercedes put time on the middle mix 1: 04.724 minutes, and the command post informed him that his time was not safe for advancement among the top ten. This was followed by the first attempt of both favorites, Verstappen is with time 1:04.540 came first, Hamilton however, he was a good eight tenths of a second behind due to an error. Perez he obviously caught the rhythm and swung to second place, just under five hundredths of a second behind his teammate.
Hamilton in the second consecutive attempt he swung to fourth place, for at that moment the summit was occupied gasly, Norris and third place. The differences were so small that it was Leclerc during this time, with a lag of three tenths, he occupied the eleventh place. Pri Honda they were glad to look at the table, for first four places were occupied by race cars with Japanese propulsion units. He stepped in a little later Bottas and the difference between the first and the fourth was 24 thousandths seconds. For the ten, however, there was a backlog 0,35 seconds already too much.
Three good minutes before the end, a second attempt by the racers followed. He was the first to improve his time Hamilton, which, however, did not improve significantly and although it lagged behind the good ones eight hundredths took only fifth place. A desperate attempt to advance to followed Q3. Stroll managed to stay in tenth place, Hag he finished as the thirteenth. He made his way to the top Perez, just behind him ranked Norrisand third place went to the hands Gaslya. Max Verstappen he settled for fourth place as he was shod in a medium tire mix. They also used the same tactics Hamilton in Bottas. Very good too Alonso v AlpineF1, who could not praise the team for this achieved result.
A fight ensued for the best starting point of tomorrow’s race. He was the first to hit the track again Hamilton. The Briton set the first time 1: 04.205 minutes, which were then hunted by other competitors. He tried first tsunoda and missed by a good seven tenths of a second. Also Gasly failed, he was a good two tenths behind. Then a flying attack followed The Dutchman, which overtook Hamilton by a thick three-tenths of a second. He took third place Norris, fourth Bottas, fifth Perez.
Hamilton is like v Q2 after the heating chorus he attacked again, but could only make up for a good tenth of a second. Galsy took sixth place, seventh Leclerc, eighth Stroll, ninth tsunoda and tenth Alonso. This was followed by a minor lull, a change of bikes and a final attempt to improve the starting places. It was created a real crowd, and the commissioners will examine the incident between Bottas in Tsunodo, whom the Finn called an idiot.
Q3 - Second pole in a row for Verstappn, Bottas faster than Hamilton
After a desperate attempt Hamilton it was already clear after the first sector that British he will not be in pole position today. Who is Bottas swung to second place, with the weak two tenths of a second lag, it was clear that you had secured the second pole in a row Max Verstappen. They form the second starting line Hamilton and Norris, third Perez and Gasly, fourth Leclerc and Tsunoda, and in the fifth row they will stand Alonso and Stroll.
It is worth mentioning that it will be Bottas tomorrow's race due to penalties started from the fifth starting place, which means that Hamilton moves to the first starting line and will have to wait for the Commissioners' decision on Tsunode and his possible penalties.
