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Red Bull went into qualifying as the favorites for pole position and Mexican fans were obviously hoping to shout their local hero Sergio Perez ahead.
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However, we soon got a red flag in Q1 when Lance Stroll crashed into his Aston Martin. Stroll’s mechanics were allowed to work hard because Stroll’s F1 car was seriously damaged in the crash.
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At Red Bull, they made good use of the break in the session to adjust the rear wings of Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen.
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At the restart of Q1, it was drumming at the exit of the pitlane. The stewards had to get to work to investigate some incidents.
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In Q2 we saw Max Verstappen set a provisional best time during the first fast run. Lewis Hamilton was only sixteen thousandths behind the Dutchman.
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In the end Hamilton managed to go nine thousandths under the time of Verstappen, promising for the battle for pole in Q3. Red Bull remained favorites for pole position, but did they live up to that favorite role in Q3?
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However, on the first fast run in Q3, Mercedes caused a big surprise as Valtteri Bottas set a super fast time of 1:15,875, followed by a second fastest time for Lewis Hamilton. Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez had to settle for only the third and fourth fastest time.
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Verstappen was even more than three tenths slower than Bottas. However, an ultimate second run followed, did Red Bull and Verstappen still manage to hit back and take pole?
Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez went full steam ahead in their second fast run but the Mexican went off track, also affecting and ruining Max Verstappen’s second fast run.
It was still tense between the two Mercedes drivers, but in the end it was Valtteri Bottas who took pole position. Lewis Hamilton qualified second to a handful of thousandths of Bottas, Max Verstappen had to be satisfied with third.
Mercedes thus provided a major surprise and dealt a huge psychological blow to Red Bull, the harbinger of undoubtedly a very exciting race.
1 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:16.727s 1:16.864s 1:15.875s
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:17.207s 1:16.474s 1:16.020s
3 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:16.788s 1:16.483s 1:16.225s
4 Sergio Pérez Red Bull 1: 17.003s 1: 17.055s 1: 16.342s
5 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 1:16.908s 1:16.955s 1:16.456s
6 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1: 17.517s 1: 17.248s 1: 16.761s
7 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 1:17.719s 1:17.092s 1:16.763s
8 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1: 16.748s 1: 17.034s 1: 16.837s
9 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1: 17.330s 1: 16.701s 1: 17.158s
10 Lando Norris McLaren 1:17.569s 1:17.473s 1:36.830s
11 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 1:17.502s 1:17.746s
12 Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo 1:17.606h 1:17.958s
13 George Russell Williams 1:17.958s 1:18.172s
14 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo 1: 17.897s 1: 18.290s
15 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1:18.126s 1:18.405s
16 Fernando Alonso Alpine 1:18.452s
17 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1:18.756s
18 Mick Schumacher Haas 1:18.858s
19 Nikita Mazepin Haas 1:19.303s
20 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:20.873s
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(F1journaal.be)