With the start of a new era, the champions of Mercedes’ last eight seasons are unexpectedly (albeit expectedly for some) returning to the depths of the field. Best of all, Ferrari and Red Bull stayed in under the updated regulations, and the silver cars had occasional problems over the weekends. However, they managed to resolve it by Barcelona, so he disappeared at a gallop. The result came instantly: during free training Lewis Hamilton and George Russell never made it out of the top 6. Only the leader of the championship had a more stable training Charles LeclercHe took first place in each of these three races.
Startup segment started with smoke from Alpha Tauri Pierre GaslyHowever, as the French pilot continued to advance without slowing down, doubts about the early completion of the qualification were cleared. The first incident may have happened in the pit lane: a man leaving the pit lane. Lando Norris almost crashed spear ride – it worked. and here Sergio Perez less fortunate – on the second try the Mexican went to the gravel. As a result, Cheko moved to the next segment only in 8th place, Leclerc became the best.
The first stage fight was completed by Williams, two Aston Martins and two drivers. Fernando Alonso. Meanwhile, the 20-time winners of the Grand Slam tournaments watched the standings from their Mercedes boxes Roger Federer.
In the second quarter, Mercedes flew – after the first trials, Russell and Hamilton were ahead of both Ferrari and Red Bull. Leaders at the end of the segment Max Verstappen and carlos sainzhowever, George and Lewis did not leave the top 4.
After the results of all the fast laps, Norris withdrew from the pole fight (he showed a good time but the result was cancelled), both Alpha Tauri, Esteban Ocon and Guanyu Zhou.
The third segment opened with a good circle of Hamilton and their time was immediately cut off by Sainz. And Leclerc, driving for the Spaniard, returned in the chicane, had to pit.
Monegasque had a stylish lap after changing shoes and was single at 1:19, Verstappen was unable to respond due to technical problems and remained second. Sainz finished third and Russell removed Perez from the second row of tomorrow’s grid.
Spanish Grand Prix qualifying
1. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) – 1,18,750
2. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) +0.323
3. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) +0.416
4. George Russell (Mercedes) +0.643
5. Sergio Perez (Red Bull) +0.670
6. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) +0.762
7. Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) +0.858
8. Kevin Magnussen (Haas) +0.932
9. Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) +1.547
10. Mick Schumacher (Haas) +1,618
Eliminated after the second episode:
11. Lando Norris (McLaren)
12. Esteban Ocon (Alpine)
13. Yuki Tsunoda (Alpha Tauri)
14. Pierre Gasly (Alpha Tauri)
15. Guanyu Zhou (Alpha Romeo)
Eliminated after the first episode:
16. Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin)
17. Fernando Alonso (Alpine)
18. Lance Ride (Aston Martin)
19. Alex Albon (Williams)
20. Nicholas Latifi (Williams)
Tomorrow’s race will start at 16:00 Moscow time.
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