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The Turkish Grand Prix time trial promised to be tremendously exciting, as the drivers had to fight hard during the two free practice sessions on Friday, as the track was very slippery, and on Saturday he even dropped a shovel: the rain had come .
At the start of Q1, Verstappen turned immediately, complaining that there was no grip, with some of the drivers voting for the intermission, while others circled the track on rain tires. Midway through the first section, Ocon was leading ahead of Bottas and Stroll, with Leclerc, Grosjean, Gasly and the two Williamses among those who dropped out.
Not long after, everyone was on the track on the blue-sided tires, and there was still no shortage of turns due to difficult conditions; there was a lot of yellow flag period. Latifi, Gasly and Kvjat also spun, then the red flag came: there were still 7 minutes left in Q1.
At 13:55 Hungarian time, the time trial continued and Kimi Räikkönen immediately crossed the field. Soon after, Grosjean was even worse: he went off and the Haas driver was left on the gravel bed, prompting another red-flag section to arrive, with just 3.5 minutes left in Q1.
After the red flag, Q1 was able to continue, where everyone had time for a quick lap. Latifi and Kvjat also did not finish on a major slip, the fastest was Verstappen ahead of Albon and Räikkönen, and the five losers were Magnussen, Kvjat, Russell, Grosjean and Latifi. Hamilton eventually advanced to 14th after failing to improve in time.
At the beginning of Q2, the two McLarens voted for intermediate tires and the rest of the field was on rain tires. At the start of Q2, Norris was the fastest, but his time was canceled due to a track cut, so Räikkönen jumped to the lead. Not long after, however, Verstappen was in the lead, followed by two Racing Points and two Mercedes.
By the middle of Q2, Stroll, Albon, Pérez were already in the top 3 of the ranking, with Vettel, Giovinazzi, Gasly, Leclerc and Sainz between the heats. The condition of the track improved, so the purple sectors kept coming and Verstappen took the lead.
With just 2 minutes left in the second leg of the time trial, Verstappen, Bottas, Hamilton were in the top 3 order, with Ocon, Norris, Leclerc, Vettel and Gasly among the dropouts, but all were on the track to race. the best laps. hoping for.
Finally, Norris, Vettel, Sainz, Leclerc and Gasly said their goodbyes in Q2, while Verstappen, Albon and Hamilton became the fastest. This means that two Red Bulls, two Mercedes, two Racing Points, two Alfa Romeo and two Renault entered the top 10 on the still wet track.
At the beginning of Q3, they took to the track with eight rain tires, this time Ocon and Pérez voted for the temporary rain tires. Verstappen started with a very strong lap, taking a lead of several seconds, then Perez took the lead with intermission, improving by 3 tenths in Verstappen’s time, so the order was Perez, Verstappen, Stroll, Bottas, Albon, Ricciardo, Hamilton, Räikkönen, Giovinazzi, Ocon was work and the Dutch came in through the intermission.
Perez improved by more than 2.5 seconds on his time, so he was 3 seconds ahead of the two Red Bulls and then Stroll placed second. Verstappen was second to Stroll, followed by everyone’s final round.
Stroll took pole with a time of 1: 47.765, followed by Max Verstappen, followed by Pérez, Albon, Ricciardo, Hamilton, Ocon, Raikkonen, Bottas and Giovinazzi.
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