Australian Grand Prix 2022
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Leclerc’s immediate response with a lap in 1’17″868, the only one under 1’38! Second pole position of the season for the Ferrari driver. Verstappen and Pérez follow him. Note the good performance of Norris with the 4th time and a 2nd row. The Englishman is ahead of his compatriots Hamilton and Russell. On the French side, Ocon ranked 8th ahead of Sainz and Alonso who made a mistake at the start of Q3
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Verstappen takes provisional pole in 1’18”154 while Sainz misses out with the 9th time!
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Hamilton does not improve and is even pushed back to 6th place by Russell who sets the 4th provisional time
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After finishing 1 thousandth ahead of Verstappen at the start of Q3, Pérez finished 1 thousandth behind Leclerc this time with a lap in 1’18″240
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The green flag is waved once again. The Mercedes are the first to hit the track
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The big loser of this red flag is Sainz. The Spaniard had to cut his effort less than 100 meters from the finish line. His time was therefore not taken into account and he will not have the right to make mistakes during his next outing.
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Qualifying will resume at 9:25 a.m.
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Just before the red flag, Leclerc managed to move into 1st position with a time of 1’18”239
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Alonso in the wall and red flag! On his flying lap, the Spaniard who had set the best time in the 2nd sector made a mistake in turn 11. “ I lost the hydraulics “, he immediately indicated on the radio. Terrible disillusionment for him and Alpine who could perform well
Fernando Alonso into the wall.
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1’18″399 for Verstappen immediately beaten by Pérez who was 1 thousandth faster!
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Let's go for Q3 in Melbourne! Who will achieve pole position? See you in 12 minutes
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That didn't work for Gasly who finished 11th, just 9 hundredths shy of qualifying for Q3. Bottas, Tsunoda, Zhou and Schumacher are also eliminated. On the other hand, it passes for Hamilton and Ocon respectively 8th and 10th. Also note the McLaren's passage into Q3 for the first time this year, with Norris 6th and Ricciardo 9th.
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A point on the ranking and in particular those eliminated is required less than 5 minutes from the end of Q2. Not currently qualified for Q3: Ocon, Bottas, Schumacher, Tsunoda and Zhou
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Pérez took cover by setting the best time with a lap of 1’18”340. He took almost 3 tenths ahead of Verstappen
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2nd time for Alonso in 1’18”815 with the best 2nd sector of the session. He comes between Verstappen and Pérez. Maybe we saw it coming, right?
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1’18″611 for Verstappen who sets the benchmark to beat in this Q2
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The action resumes in Melbourne! Here we go for Q2!
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The start of Q2 was delayed after Albon stopped on track as he returned to the pit lane. The green flag will be waved at 8:44 a.m.
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End of Q1 in Melbourne! Magnussen’s great series ends there. The Dane leaves with the 17th fastest time just behind Albon. Behind him, Vettel managed to set a time to settle in 18th position ahead of Latifi and Stroll
