2022 Canadian Grand Prix
What a qualifying session! Hamilton is 4th, the two Haas are 5th and 6th, Ocon 7th ahead of Russell, Ricciardo and Zhou.
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It's over in this Q3, pole position for Verstappen! Alonso is second! Sainz completes the top 3!
Verstappen sets a huge time in 1'21″620! And Russell hitting the wall at the same time! Not too much damage, but the bet won't work for the Briton...
George Russell takes the gamble on slick tires! There are 4 minutes left on the clock!
The times are panicking: Sainz is 2nd ahead of Alonso, still at the top of the rankings! Schumacher is currently 4th!
The first times fall: Russell the fastest in front of Hamilton and the two Haas… but Verstappen takes the best time just after in 1'22″701!
Green light for this Q3! The drivers come out on intermediate tires, while the track dries more and more...
Lando Norris did not set a time, his engineer asked him to return to the pits before the Briton could set a single lap.
Excellent Q2 for the Haas: Schumacher is 6th, Magnussen 9th! Zhou is 7th and beats his teammate Bottas for the 2nd consecutive time in qualifying!
Those eliminated in Q2:
11) Bottas – 12) Albon – 13) Pérez – 14) Norris – 15) Leclerc
It's over in this Q2! Alonso best time, beaten by Verstappen! Norris is eliminated, like Albon and Bottas!
And finally, Norris comes out on the track! He does not yet have a time, and is currently 14th. Ricciardo and Bottas are the other two drivers in the red zone.
And Verstappen sets a new best lap, in 1'27″764! Everyone has improved, except Norris who is stuck in his pits… there is a problem with the McLaren.
The track dries very quickly, a trajectory forms and the times fall...
Here we go again for this Q2! 9 minutes before the checkered flag, and already two drivers on the mat (Leclerc and Pérez).
The session will resume soon, here is the provisional ranking:
How things stand while we await Q2's return
Alonso clear by half a second 🥵#CanadianGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/YcRz9Q76kA
- Formula 1 (@ F1) June 18, 2022
Pérez's exit from the track in video:
Red flag 🚩
Runway exit @SChecoPerez, Q2 is interrupted#CanadianGP
▶ https://t.co/7plkVVV12v pic.twitter.com/kVG6wyqCiz
— CANAL+ F1® (@CanalplusF1) June 18, 2022
There are 9 minutes left on the clock, and for the moment, it's still Alonso in the lead, ahead of Verstappen, Sainz, Ocon and Bottas! The marshals are working to free Pérez's Red Bull.
The Mexican shot straight at the turn 3 chicane and hit the TecPros. Stuck, the Red Bull driver was unable to escape the barriers. It's an end to Q2 for Pérez, who was 8th in the provisional standings.
And Sergio Pérez hits the wall at turn 3! Red flag! The accident is not very impressive but the Red Bull has damage!
Alex Albon's exit at turn 6, without seriousness for the Williams driver...
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