2021 Turkish Grand Prix
Thank you everyone for following this live text of qualifying for the Turkish Grand Prix. See you tomorrow for the race from 14 p.m.
Q3 ranking:
Nobody improves in the last lap. Best time for Lewis Hamilton who will start from 11th position on the grid following his ten place penalty. Pole position for Valtteri Bottas ahead of Max Verstappen. Charles Leclerc and Pierre Gasly on the second line.
Lewis Hamilton improves the best time with a 1:22.868.
Lewis Hamilton comes out of the pits five minutes from time. The Briton is alone on the track.
Max Verstappen is in third place, 0.227 behind Valtteri Bottas. Pierre Gasly is in fourth place, 0.449 behind the Finn.
Advantage Valtteri Bottas over Lewis Hamilton with a time of 1:23.071.
Here we go for Q3! Who will be in pole position for this Turkish Grand Prix?
The Q2 ranking:
End of Q2! Sebastian Vettel, Esteban Ocon, George Russell, Mick Schumacher and Carlos Sainz (without time) are eliminated. The Spaniard came out of the stands to offer the slip to Charles Leclerc, 7th.
Lance Stroll improves and Charles Leclerc finds himself in the red zone.
Charles Leclerc spins in the last corner while he is in tenth place.
Six minutes before the end of Q2. Sebastian Vettel, Lance Stroll, Mick Schumacher, George Russell and Carlos Sainz (without time) are in the elimination zone.
After two slow laps, Lewis Hamilton clocked a 1:23.595 to dethrone Max Verstappen at the top of the standings.
Max Verstappen takes the best time in 1:24.002.
Valtteri Bottas sets the first benchmark of this Q2 in 1:24.142. Sergio Pérez went out at the first corner but was able to restart.
Here we go for Q2! The Mercedes open the road in mediums.
The Q1 ranking:
End of Q1! Daniel Ricciardo, Nicholas Latifi, Antonio Giovinazzi, Kimi Räikkönen and Nikita Mazepin are eliminated. Mick Schumacher climbs into Q2 with the 14th time!
1:24.585 for Lewis Hamilton who repositions himself in first position.