From which place to start Max tomorrow the race that he won last year winning close down?
Aiii Caramba! The F1 is back in Europe. This weekend is the car on the Circuit de Catalunya. In 1992, the track used by the epo-kings of the cycling during the Olympics, but today, blowing mainly souped-up mechanical motors around.
All teams and drivers know the track on their thumb, because it is traditionally one of the locations is where in the winter are tested. Nevertheless, awarded the Grand Prix in the past ten years, eight different winners. One of them was Pastor Maldonado, who won in 2012. He can be this year, however, does not hold true for his second victory at the Spanish circuit. Last year’s winner Max can, in theory, yes. A good qualifying would be a good start.
Q1:
One of the big guns on the job! After the third free practice it was found that there was water leaking from the car of Vettel, so the team has the engine for the qualifying session replaced. Not a bad idea to take a check so.
Just after Vettel and his team, in Italian thank you for the excellent work, is his car still. The team asks him to park the car. Means that already the end of the qualifying for Vettel? No, the Ferrari comes to life again, and Vettel does not drive once the pit box. Perhaps it was just a false alarm of a sensor.
Meanwhile, Grosjean yet again in the round. The Frenchman is at times quickly with the Haas F1, but already has a few races a long time a lot of trouble to get the brakes under control. The team even has brakes from another manufacturer tried it, but looked for another station and then went back again. Grosjean, who might still have hopes through Haas F1 a claim to a seat at Ferrari, get a sik.
Hamilton set the fastest time, followed at some distance by his team-mate and the ferraris. It is notable that except Vettel also Kimi more buttons than seems necessary. After the first four follow Verstappen and Ricciardo.
The places where to go in Q1, however, that on the other side of the field. Williams seems for one reason or another a total of no speed. Mass reaches the top-15 but just, Stroll is eighteen. The Canadian is in the knock-out zone, among other things, accompanied by Ericsson, which is five thousandths admits on his team-mate Wehrlein and therefore 16th. Also Palmer, Vandoorne and Kvyat get Q2. Especially with Palmer and Vandoorne starts to notice that they are very often significantly slower than their team mates.
Q2:
Again, a lot of riders on the track, we like that. Hamilton summarizes the bull by the horns and put directly a quick ride down. Kimi on the radio to know it a mistake to have made and gives you four tenths. The team reports to him, however, to know that he was without fault in the vicinity of Hamilton had not been.
The fight goes especially to the places behind the first six drivers. Ultimately, it is the Force India (still a good update?), the Williams of Massa (separate after Q1) and Alonso who are the top-10. The Spaniard carried out so again a source of pride after his tennispartijtje of yesterday.
In the drop-outs in Q2 should also be Carlos Sainz. For your own audience, the Spaniard does not go beyond the twelfth place. Still much better than team-mate Kvyat, of course. I Had them now, but changed in my F1 team…
Q3:
For the first run in Q3, only the top-6 to the outside. Ocon, Alonso, Perez and Massa save their remaining tyres for the race. The Mercedes drivers are like yesterday, the fastest. Hamilton stands for Bottas, who with an older motor on the road. Also, like yesterday, is were times in the first run the fastest Ferrari. He gives less than three-tenths on Hamilton.
Then comes the second run: and the Ferrari’s are suddenly fast! Vettel sets a very quick time in the first sector, were times is even faster. Hamilton, by contrast, improves not his time. After the Brit come successively Bottas, Vettel were times over the finish line. Bottas improves his time but not his place, Vettel shoots from P4 to P2. Can were times we finally have a surprise in the qualification? Neen…De veteran is again fourth.
Behind the first four, there is an achievement to celebrate for us, the Dutch. Max picks up Ricciardo in qualifying! The difference is even quite large: more than four tenths of a second. It is probably a superronde of Max, because he gives ” but ” more than a half a beat to Hamilton. In the first four races of the year, the difference is much greater. A caution sign that the updates on the Red Bull work?
After the first six makes Alonso a real sensation by P7 to pack for your own audience. Please note, this turtle is just 19th with that car. Bizarre. Perez does his duty by his young team-mate Ocon to outwit and tackles and passing the Mass in.
UPDATE: Max is satisfied with his qualification
The full results:
1 Lewis Hamilton
2 Sebastian Vettel
3 Valtteri Bottas
4 Kimi Were Times
5 Max Verstappen
6 Daniel Ricciardo
7 Fernando Alonso
8 Sergio Perez
9 Felipe Massa
10 Esteban Ocon
11 Kevin Magnussen
12 Carlos Sainz
13 Nico Hulkenberg
14 Romain Grosjean
15 Pascal Wehrlein
16 Marcus Ericsson
17 Jolyon Palmer
18 Lance Stroll
19 Stoffel Vandoorne
20 Daniil Kvyat