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Singapore – George Russell A stunning poll for Mercedes in Singapore Grand Prix ahead of Red Bull Max Verustapane Second place and championship leader Oscar piastry In the third.
This was Russell’s first pole position since Canadian Grand Prix earlier this year – which he went to win – and he made a comfortable difference of 0.182 seconds on Vastapane’s Red Bull.
Piastry qualified her McLeren at the third place behind Vastapane, stating that the governance champion has given an external shot to defend his title this year, despite being retreating from 69 points in standing.
After a consecutive win in the last two rounds, Verustapane has closed the difference for piastry with 35 points in the last two rounds. Lando NorisWhich scored 25 points from fifth place on Saturday, second in Standing and 25 points from his McLaren team partner Piastry.
As a result, it may be better for Vastapane that he did not end his last attempt in Q3 after Noris came to McLaren in a slow lap in the last area.
Noris had already completed his second Q3 run when Vastapane came after him and was returning to the pits at a slow pace.
Although Vastapane was not enough for Noris, to disrupt it, Verustapane lost the dirty air of Noris through 16 and 17, which she believed that she believed He spent a shot in the position of pole,
Speaking after the session, Verustapane said: “This happens when there is a car in front of you, just hovering, just two seconds. It is noted, this has been noted, [and] Will also be remembered. ,
Nevertheless, the performance of Vastapane will give a huge boost for the Red Bull, which has not done well in the high-inserts like Singapore this year.
Away from 0.366 seconds from Russell’s time, McLaren’s clear struggle after Piastry would also be the champion, he admitted that he was “surprised” that he did not have the pace to challenge the poll position.
“I wanted more today, but I don’t think we had four tenth part of it to get pole,” he later said.
Russell’s Dhruv Status-seventh part of his career-comes second after finishing second in the Grand Prix, but was still a surprise for the British driver to see Mercedes’ struggle under warm conditions this season.
“Wonderful to be on the position of the pole, Russell said. “Yesterday it was a very challenging day for many different reasons but was good to come back and get results.
“Yesterday race with a long sweat but I knew that the car had capacity. Km was doing a wonderful job throughout the weekend.”
Mercedes’ strong performance was outlined Km antoneley Secure the fourth on the grid Did not make a small mistake On Turn 11.
Antoneley will start ahead of Noris in fifth place with two Ferrari Lewis Hamilton And Charles Lakeler In the seventh and eighth.
Hask driver Oliver bearman And Aston Martin Fernando Alonso The grid was qualified out of the top ten.
Nico hallkenberg Will be ranked 11th for SAUBER. Williams duo Alexander albon And Carlos Sainz Finished 12th and 13th but later Disqualified for a DRS violation And start the race behind the grid, while drivers who move forward to two places take two places.
After crashing twice in practice, Liam Lawson Verustapane’s team partner makes his racing bulls car eligible at 14th position Yuki SunodaWho struggled to perform again and finished 15th in his red bull.
Pierre Galli After losing the power steering with a clear hydraulic problem, Q1 had to stop on the edge of the track in its final lap and parked his car before Anderson Bridge. The issue left Galli at the end of Q1 at the end of Q1 and also created a yellow flag, which at the end of the session disrupted the laps of several drivers on a warm lap.
Sauper Gabriel Bortoleo He was among them and missed a place in Q3 in 0.045 seconds, leaving him in 16th place on the grid. Lance walkEston Martin, who was also affected in the 17th place. Franco Colapinto The 18th fastest for Alpine was clear of 0.007 seconds Estaban Okon In the 19th, which also came across the yellow flag at the end of Q1.
The last Q1 laps of Bortoleo, Hulcanbberg and Sunoda were examined after the session for violation of yellow flag.
