00:01Lots of traffic, Sebastian Vettel is having to weave his way through.
00:04At the end of the lap, might pick up a little toe here to the line.
00:07Sebastian Vettel goes fifth fastest, 125.5.
00:11That might just be good enough, certainly to get him out of the bottom five,
00:15but to get him through to the next part of qualifying as well.
00:19Stroll goes 12 fastest, 125.7.
00:22He is right on the cusp with that one.
00:24Alex Albon, can he get out of the bottom five? No.
00:27His qualifying is over, his teammate Nicholas Latifi can still do something about it.
00:32Valtteri Bottas, oh dear, not been a good qualifying for Valtteri Bottas.
00:36He's out, and he's currently only 16 fastest.
00:39Kevin Magnussen, pole in Sao Paulo, is currently the slowest man on the track.
00:44Oh, what a difference a week makes, and he had to duck around.
00:47I think it was the Red Bull there, wasn't it? A little bit, but two corners to go then for Magnussen.
00:52He's done two personal bests. He's got half a chance here of sneaking into Q2.
00:57Oh, hanging on to the white line. He does sneak out of that bottom five.
01:01We're on board with Fernando Alonso.
01:03Who's done, no, he's not even done a personal best yet, but still gets the P14 at the moment.
01:09Only just for Fernando Alonso as Tsunoda goes tenth fastest, and Alonso right on the cusp of things by about five one hundredths of a second there.
01:18I think has made it.
01:20We've lost Latifi, Albon, Bottas, Gasly and Magnussen, and only three tenths of a second between Vettel in P6 and Bottas in P18.
01:29Leclerc has gone fastest overall in the first sector. Schumacher now goes P8. Norris and Sainz have matched Leclerc through that first part of the lap, as has Fernando Alonso as well.
01:43Alonso is currently in the bottom five with 35 seconds to go.
01:48Joe Guanyu needs this lap to count to get himself into Q3, and he hasn't done it.
01:52Eleventh fastest only, misses out at the moment by five one hundredths of a second.
01:57Tsunoda goes into the top ten, that pushes Lance Stroll, sadly for him, out of qualifying.
02:02And we're on board now with Esteban Ocon, who's another to make quite a big gain.
02:06So for Charles Leclerc, this lap is going to have to really count, and it looks like it's counting well as Daniel Ricciardo,
02:12goes eighth fastest, pushes Tsunoda down to the fringes of the top ten.
02:17Tsunoda's out of qualifying as Fernando Alonso goes P9.
02:21Lando Norris, still out on the road, can do something about his position.
02:25Charles Leclerc goes second fastest, aced the first sector, produced some very nice middle and final sectors as well.
02:32So here's Lando Norris, as Carlos Sainz goes third fastest, to try and knock Fernando Alonso out of qualifying,
02:38and that could be crucial in the battle for fourth place in the championship, because Norris is through.
02:43So Norris just pushes out, it's P11 unfortunately.
02:49It's okay.
02:51Alonso is out. Tsunoda, Schumacher, Stroll and Joe join him in the bottom five.
02:59This man, Sebastian Vettel, well, he's in Q3.
03:03He has produced a couple of barnstorming laps here, and ended up eighth fastest overall.
03:08That is a phenomenal effort.
03:10Verstappen's had to back off and let the two flying Mercedes through.
03:16Which might hamper his tyre preparation a little bit. We shall see.
03:20A 1.24.6 then for Lewis Hamilton.
03:23That's his best lap in this entire qualifying session.
03:26George Russell goes second fastest behind him at less than two one-hundredths of a second, separating the two Mercedes.
03:33And he goes into provisional pole, does Charles Leclerc.
03:36But I wonder how long this is going to last, because his teammate, Carlos Sainz, triple pole sitter in 2022,
03:42has gotten just under a tenth in hand to take provisional pole himself.
03:47Sergio, oh no, he didn't. Not that final corner, he didn't.
03:51And is that where he lost the time that cost him provisional pole?
03:54Absolutely.
03:55But Perez then still ahead of Charles Leclerc.
03:59Only provisionally will get another run to come.
04:01Max Verstappen in FP2 yesterday.
04:03Had about three and a half tenths on the rest of the field.
04:06Was that in track limits?
04:07He goes on to provisional pole, Max Verstappen.
04:1217-2 for Lewis Hamilton.
04:14Best first sector for Hamilton, who's got George Russell right behind him,
04:18picking up a slipstream two.
04:20Leclerc goes second fastest.
04:22Did a very fine final sector.
04:24Verstappen currently up on his provisional pole time.
04:28Lando Norris next across the line goes P7 for McLaren.
04:32Yeah, so that was Max giving his teammate a help down the back straight.
04:37But it's still all about his own lap.
04:38Carlos Sainz can't improve. He'll be third at best.
04:41But what can Perez and Hamilton do behind him?
04:44Brilliant middle sector from Sergio Perez.
04:47He's gone a couple of tenths faster than anyone else has managed so far.
04:51He was half a second clear of Lewis Hamilton in that middle sector.
04:54Verstappen extends his time advantage.
04:57Provisional pole is his.
04:58Sergio Perez goes on to the front row for Red Bull.
05:01It's Red Bull one and two.
05:04What can Lewis Hamilton do about that?
05:06It's not been a good qualifying for Ferrari.
05:08They're three and four at the moment.
05:09They wanted one of their cars on the front row.
05:11Have Mercedes found pace right at the end?
05:13Hamilton couldn't do it in the final sector.
05:16Only fit for him.
05:17George Russell crosses the line and it's Red Bull occupying the front row.
05:21Verstappen ahead of Perez.
05:23What a Maxis.
05:24Very good job.
05:25Well done.
05:26How did we do?
05:27Yeah.
05:28First and second.
05:29Well done.
05:30Great job.
05:31Okay.
05:32Good job.
05:33Yeah, that's a good team up for that.
05:35It's the 25th front row lockout for Red Bull in the history of the team.
05:40Only their second in the hybrid era since the start of 2014.
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