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Apropos Qualiduell …
At Ferrari, Vettel “cut” to 3:11 against Leclerc. Verstappen and Russell, however, still have a clean slate. There is now the 14: 0 in the respective duel against the partner. In Renault Ricciardo increased against Ocon to 13: 1 and Hamilton in Mercedes to 10: 4 against Bottas. With this result, Hamilton would be world champion tomorrow, we do not want to forget it.
The full description of all ranked duels can be found here!
Vettel: the victory against Leclerc is not so important
Ten times in a row, Monegasse was recently faster than Vettel in qualifying. Today, the four-time world champion finally prevailed again. “Oh, given the conditions,” says Vettel, explaining: “It was probably difficult for both of us. What was more important was that we both couldn’t progress. In the rain, we had a hard time. [so war das] already in Austria “.
“I actually thought we should do a little bit better here, regardless of the fact that it’s slippery. Just in terms of tire temperature. That was our weak point at the beginning of the season. We had some updates that the tires are hotter. and also the tires, but it seems we still have to catch up here, “said Vettel.
“We just couldn’t get the temperature in the tires,” he shrugs and clarifies: “That’s why I’m obviously not satisfied. I thought we’d make it to Q3 today, but yeah, three, four, five degrees is big. Difference. It seems like we couldn’t get enough tire temperature to find grip. “
Verstappen frustrated
You can tell the Dutchman at the PK of the top 3 how frustrated he is. Not surprising, because in Q1 and Q2 he was almost two seconds ahead of the rest of the world. In the third quarter of all places it didn’t work out. He explains that in the end he probably could have driven the same time on the wet tire as on the intermediate one because it just didn’t work out.
Regarding the race, he cannot encourage him that the two Mercedes drivers are so clearly behind him. He looks at himself and at his own performance and not at others. And in that sense, the third quarter was just not good. He doesn’t care how the other drivers have done.
Pérez: Could there have been more?
The Mexican is happy with the good result of the team, but he is not completely satisfied with P3. As a reminder: I was way ahead in Q3. “In the end we were unlucky. On my last lap, when the track was the best, Giovinazzi was right in front of me. He just didn’t make room and then I lost my lap,” he reports. Still, of course, a good starting position for tomorrow.
First pole not Mercedes
It happened in the fourteenth race of the season, for the first time this year no Mercedes is in the lead in the standings. In 2020 Mercedes will not have a “perfect” season in this sense. Angry tongues could now say that a Mercedes is still on pole. Only in 2019 …
Verstappen: Intermediates did not work
The Dutchman explains that the intermissions were “terrible” for Red Bull. It worked much better with the rain tires. By the way, this is also confirmed by the numbers. On wet tires, Verstappen was inviolable in Q1 and Q2. In the third quarter in the intermissions it was “only” enough to reach P2. Still a good result, of course, but if the track hadn’t dried so much I would have been on pole.
Overview
It is the first Polish for a Canadian since Jacques Villeneuve in Jerez in 1997, and the first in Lance Stroll’s career. Congratulations! Here in the ticker continues with the votes to qualify, but first the summary:
Qualification report
Outcome
Starting grid
Post for a walk!
The pole goes to Paseo! The Canadian takes P1 ahead of Verstappen and Pérez. What a success for Racing Point. Albon is fourth. Hamilton only lands on P6 and Bottas only on P9.
Perez vorne
The Mexican leads in intermediates, so not only Verstappen but other drivers have now changed. But was that the correct step? In any case, Verstappen’s first round at the Inters was initially slower. Now you have to raise the temperature of the tires.
Verstappen sets the pace
The Dutchman seems like the man to beat here. But the same applies here as in Q2: we will only know at the end who is right in front. The road to pole seems to only lead through Verstappen. Exciting – now it’s switching to intermediate!
Bitter magnusses
The Dane explains that he took off the gas on the last attempt in Q1 because of the yellow flags, but not everyone else. That is why it was eliminated in the end. As a reminder: the race management will also re-analyze this after qualifying. So there could be several subsequent penalties. But for now our focus is on the third quarter!
The investigation …
… run against Sainz by the way. He stopped Pérez. If he is unlucky, he will fall further back from 13th place.
Vettel beats Leclerc
That’s it with Q2. Outside are Sainz, Vettel, Norris, Leclerc and Gasly. So both McLaren and Ferrari are out. After all, a small success for Vettel: for the first time since Hungary he surpasses Leclerc in the standings. Meanwhile there is an investigation against Sainz and Pérez. One driver is said to have stopped the other.
The route is getting faster
It is not surprising. Drivers improve with every lap. That means we won’t know who will go through here until the checkered flag. Because in the end the track will be in the best condition. At the moment the tracks are only really dry. Then the last lap will count!
Strange decision
The Q2 was launched even though the Latifi car had not yet been retired. The Williams driver landed on the gravel at the end of Q1. You don’t have to understand why you are logging in even though the recovery has not yet completed …
investigation
Almost all the drivers improved again at the end. The problem: there were several yellow flags outside. The race direction informs that all affected laps will be reviewed again after the session. Of course, the last five have no more of that, because now they are out anyway …
