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Vettel: Really a good feeling …
“I actually had a very good feeling today, if I’m honest,” reports the German in ‘ORF’ and reveals:[Ich] I was also relatively happy with the laps I had, but it doesn’t matter. The last time I did not feel good, today I felt better, but the performance was more or less the same. In the end I tried to balance everything, and then I lost the car a bit. “
“Then it became clear to me that I had drifted off a bit. But I thought if I didn’t try, I would blame myself later. I definitely wanted to try. It didn’t work out,” said Vettel. The last lap of Q2 was canceled. But that would only have offset one position.
Hamilton expects a “boring” race
The world champion already said after training that overtaking in Imola was almost impossible. Now you are adding one more time. After the second corner I could no longer follow the other car. That is why tomorrow’s start and strategy are crucial. He even compares the classification “a little” with Monaco. Pretty drastic. “I hope I am wrong,” said the world champion.
Verstappen: After Q2 the rhythm went away
Red Bull was able to fix the engine problem, but Verstappen explains that this caused him to lose his rhythm before Q3. Before the decisive stage, after just one fast lap in Q2, “I hadn’t had a good benchmark” on the medium tires. “That definitely seems to have given us trouble,” he believes. In fact, I was hoping they were a little closer to Mercedes. But that didn’t work out after tough Q2.
Hamilton is not satisfied
The world champion congratulates his teammate on pole position, Bottas did “a good job”. At the same time, he also explains that his own lap in Q3 was pretty bad at the end. Or to put it another way: In his own opinion, pole position would have been possible for Hamilton if he had passed the last lap. But in this case it is not so.
Still white vest
Verstappen and Russell remain undefeated internally in this year’s standings. In the match against Albon and Latifi it is now 13: 0. At Renault, Ricciardo increased against Ocon to an equally impressive 12: 1, Gasly bai AlphaTauri to 11: 2 against Kwjat. And at Ferrari, Leclerc was able to beat Vettel for the tenth time in a row.
Overview
Small disappointment for Ferrari, Leclerc only lands on P7. Kwjat is still behind, ahead of the two McLaren drivers. The voices for the classification continue here. Before, as usual, the summary:
Qualification report
Outcome
Starting grid
Post for Bottas!
The Finn does it and beats Hamilton with a 1: 13.6 by a tenth of a second. Verstappen makes the most of P3. In fact, fourth place goes to Gasly ahead of Ricciardo and Albon. Strong!
Hamilton submits
1: 13.7 for the world champion, who is slightly ahead of his teammate Bottas (1: 13.8). Verstappen at P3 is a long way off with an expected 1: 14.4. Surprise: Gasly is P4 ahead of Leclerc after the first few attempts.
On medium tires …
… from the top 10, only Hamilton, Bottas and Verstappen will start tomorrow. All the others in smooth. So in the third trimester. It seems clear that there will be another Mercedes Pole. The only question is for which driver.
Vettel only P14
That too, eliminated Vettel’s second-quarter fastest time. He even falls behind Russell at the Williams. P13 is, of course, a great success for the Brit.
Vettel out
It was enough for Verstappen and Albon, but not for Vettel. Outside are Pérez, Ocon, Vettel, Russell and Stroll. It was also a huge disappointment for Racing Point to lose both cars here in Q2. Pérez loses Q3 by 0.010 seconds. It’s so tight in midfield right now.
Verstappen drives again
According to Red Bull, a spark plug had to be changed. You did that in no time. Verstappen comes out again. If the problem is solved, it can still work with Q3.
Dreher albon
Qualifying could be a debacle for Red Bull. In Verstappen’s case, he doesn’t appear to be able to drive again. Now Albon has also been converted and would be out. What is happening in the last minutes of the second quarter?
Verstappen problem
The Dutchman reports that he has no performance. Lap breaks and sinks. Not well. After the first few attempts, the two Ferrari drivers are behind Russell at the Williams. Here too they have tried to get away with the medium. Obviously that won’t work for the Scuderia …
Medium tires
Exciting: several drivers are trying again on medium tires in Q3. Including Verstappen and the two Mercedes drivers. Let’s see who the plan works for. With the first 3, you probably don’t have to worry. But it’s pretty tight behind him.
correction
Bottas was just ahead of Hamilton at the end, also 1: 14.2. But it doesn’t matter anyway. In any case, both Mercedes were traveling in their own world. Verstappen at P3 was already 0.8 seconds away.
Bottas and Albon via
The second race went well, they both beat each other in Q2. The best time is for Hamilton with a 1: 14.2. This is the fastest time of the day. Grosjean, Magnussen, Räikkönen, Latifi and Giovinazzi are out. So there will be no surprises in the end. Stroll was lucky as he just passed on P15, behind Russell at Williams on P14 and Vettel on P13.
