00:00Confirmation that's Verstappen's qualifying session over. Because he's got an injured penalty, he is at the back.
00:07Oh, as Giovinazzi spins and very nearly gets collected by Charles Leclerc.
00:13Coming out of turn 16, there goes Giovinazzi spinning around.
00:18And you can just see how close that was, but Leclerc are not all the right bits of the track compared to Giovinazzi.
00:24It's another Q1 knockout for Kimi Raikkonen, only 16th fastest. Now Mick Schumacher across the line stays down in 17th.
00:32So Paul qualifying for him as Alonso goes 7th fastest and just ahead of Carlos Sainz.
00:37And Hamilton, as expected, with those first purple sectors, first and second sectors, goes quickest overall.
00:43Yuki Tsunoda next across the line. He's still at risk. He's only 15th.
00:47Can Nikita Mazepin get his hat out of the bottom five? The answer is no.
00:51He's 19th and slowest because Verstappen didn't set a time and that should be that.
00:56We have lost Kimi, we have lost Mick, we've lost Antonio, Nikita and Max,
01:02who was expected to be out in that bottom five because he didn't set a time and didn't need to.
01:08That is Charles Leclerc who, like Max Verstappen, walking away from this qualifying session.
01:13We won't see him setting a time.
01:16What's going to happen here?
01:18Yeah, the f***ing Williams, is he killing me?
01:20I know, it's a joke.
01:21Yeah, f***ing Williams, what the hell is he doing?
01:23Fernando Alonso goes third fastest and George Russell now has got two more corners to try and ace to get that Williams up a couple of places and into Q3 once again.
01:37Out of the final corner comes George Russell and he does make it into the top ten.
01:41Pushes Sebastian Vettel out of it and gets another big round of applause from his mates down at Williams.
01:46Yuki Tsunoda will be next to cross the line.
01:49Can he put himself and his AlphaTauri into Q3 for the first time here in Formula One?
01:54No, he stays exactly where he is and Pierre Gasly, who's made a habit of Q3 so far this season, is going to be with him.
02:02K11, we're out.
02:04No way!
02:06Five hundredths.
02:08Oh f***ing way!
02:10Oh!
02:13Disappointing session that for the two AlphaTauris.
02:16And Carlos Sainz makes it through by five one hundredths of a second.
02:26One forty four seven for Valtteri Bottas, but we could be very much in that crossover zone now as Lewis Hamilton goes seven tenths faster than his teammate.
02:35He's found a lot more grip out there.
02:37Everyone is on the intermediate tyres as it stands.
02:41And Lance Stroll has just put in the best first sector time, but has lost about six tenths of a second to Hamilton through the middle sector.
02:49Perez crosses the line. Fifth fastest. Stroll third fastest behind Bottas.
02:54On days like this, never discount Lance Stroll from a very good qualifying.
02:59He seems to like it in the wet and got his first pole, of course, in very similar conditions in Turkey in last time out when we went to Istanbul Park.
03:08I think Lando Norris would be a good bet as well if he could get on a set of slicks.
03:12You know, he works the tyres.
03:13He was the first one to try and inspire, remember.
03:15And he gets himself up to P2, so why not?
03:18Soft tyres for George Russell.
03:20Get through here, keep the temperature in them.
03:22And that's the thing is just don't let the temperature come out the surface.
03:29Right, here we go. George Russell.
03:30Time-lap on the slick tyres. First driver to go for a time-lap as Lewis Hamilton comes into the pit and hits the wall.
03:38Now it's only 60 kilometres an hour, but it's such a tight pit lane entrance.
03:42And Lewis Hamilton, even before they put the slick tyres on, has bashed the wall.
03:48Just hit the wall, man. Hit the wall.
03:50Drama for Lewis Hamilton for the second year running and qualifying here in Russia.
03:57Carlos Sainz, never been on pole before in his Formula One career, is absolutely flying out there.
04:03Sainz goes onto pole position with a 1.42.5 Ferrari on pole here in Sochi.
04:10But who's got pace behind him? Lando Norris has got a middle sector to be proud of.
04:15Lewis Hamilton is not going to improve on the front row.
04:19He couldn't get the time he wanted.
04:21Ricciardo goes third fastest.
04:23Lando Norris crosses the line.
04:25Lando Norris is on pole for the first time in his Formula One career, unless someone can deny him.
04:31Fernando Alonso is out there. He's trying his hardest.
04:35Lewis Hamilton stopped on the track. George Russell goes third fastest.
04:39What a lap from George Russell.
04:41Lewis Hamilton has spun on his final flying lap.
04:45Fernando Alonso crosses the line. Six fastest overall.
04:48But a race after they got their first 1-2 since Canada 2010.
04:55McLaren and Lando Norris are back winning qualifying and getting pole position.
05:03Okay. Pole position, mate. Pole position.
05:06The f**k.
05:09The f**k.
05:10The f**k.
05:11The f**k.
05:12The f**k.
05:13The f**k.
05:14The f**k.
05:15The f**k.
05:16Yeah.
05:17Absolutely outstanding.
05:18Yes, absolutely outstanding.
05:22And you have to say, Hamilton's got only himself to blame.
05:26He stuck it in the wall, in the pits, and that's cost him and Bottas a good starting position
05:31because they didn't have two laps, and he had to let everybody else pass when he was on his out lap
05:35and couldn't get temperature.
05:37What a dramatic end to qualifying that was.
05:40Just after the party celebrations had died down after Monza,
05:44well, they can start to whoop and cheer with delight at McLaren again.
05:48Lando Norris recorded his best ever finish, didn't he, at Monza?
05:53And now he takes pole position.
05:55First career front row start.
05:57Lando Norris, the 102nd driver to take a pole position in Formula One.
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