Dutch Grand Prix 2022

16h

POLE POSITION FOR VERSTAPPEN! LECLERC IS 2ND BY ONLY 21 THOUSANDTHS OF A SECOND! Sainz is 3rd while Pérez got out in the last corner!

 

The two Mercedes are hampered by the yellow flag and do not improve! Hamilton is 4th, Pérez 5th, Russell 6th! 

 

Thank you for following us on this live text, see you tomorrow at 15 p.m. for the Dutch Grand Prix! Have a good end of the day! 

 

The Q3 ranking: 

 

16h

Everyone comes out on track, except for Lance Stroll, who is not participating in this Q3.

16h

After the first attempt of all the drivers, here is the provisional classification: 

Leclerc – Verstappen – Hamilton – Sainz – Pérez – Russell – Norris – Tsunoda – Schumacher – Stroll (no time)

15h

Hamilton goes 2nd, 0″133 behind Verstappen… and Leclerc sets the best time! The Monegasque is on provisional pole, with a lead of 59 thousandths over the Dutchman! 

15h

Max Verstappen is the first to set off and sets the first reference time, in 1'10″515! Pérez fails by 5 tenths, it's far away for the Mexican! 

15h

Green light for Q3, let's go for the last qualifying session! Who will take pole at Zandvoort? Answer in 12 minutes! 

15h

Alonso was very angry on the radio, believing that the Red Bull of Sergio Pérez hampered him in the 2nd sector.

 

15h

It's over, Sainz sets the best time! The two French people are eliminated, just like Alonso! Stroll and Schumacher are in Q3! 

 

Those eliminated in Q2: 

11) Gasly – 12) Ocon – 13) Alonso – 14) Zhou – 15) Albon

 

The Q2 ranking: 

 

15h

Charles Leclerc put on new tires and improved, he moved up to 2nd place, 61 thousandths behind Verstappen! 

15h

Alexander Albon improves his time but remains 10th. Can the Thai secure a second consecutive Q3?

15h

5 minutes from the end of the session, here are the drivers in the red zone: 

 

Gasly – Ocon – Zhou – Tsunoda – Schumacher

15h

The two Ferraris, on worn tires, are far from the Red Bulls: Leclerc is 8th at 8 tenths, Sainz 7th.

 

Ocon is currently 11th, just behind Gasly.

15h

Lewis Hamilton takes the 2nd time, 0″148 behind Verstappen. Russell goes 4th ahead of Norris.

15h

Best time for Max Verstappen in 1'10″9, the first driver to go under 1″11! Pérez fails 4 tenths behind his teammate.

15h

The smoke bomb has been moved, the session is restarted! Albon sets off first again, followed by the two Red Bulls.

15h

Small statistic before the resumption of Q2: Valtteri Bottas was eliminated in Q1 for the 2nd time in a row, although he had not been eliminated in the first session for 7 years before the Belgian Grand Prix. It’s complicated at the moment at Alfa Romeo…

15h

Already present this morning,... pigeons are still on the rope at turn 7. The passage of the F1 cars at nearly 250 km/h does not seem to bother them...

15h

Red flag! A smoke bomb was thrown onto the track… The session is interrupted.

 

15h

Here we go again, the start is given for Q2! Alexander Albon is the first on the track.

15h

Sebastian Vettel's exit from the track, once again eliminated in Q1. The German's last F1 qualifying sessions are very complicated...

 

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