00:01Logan Sargent who has found the barriers the American driver has a couple of wheels not
00:08pointing in the right direction the red flag is out and the Williams driver trying to keep
00:13his place in Formula One finds the barriers in Q1 this moment was the last thing that he needed
00:21out of the final chicane the car started getting away and then he kept his foot in and already he
00:28was just keeping his foot in over steering all the way the rear grip is just really poor in that
00:32Williams Hülkenberg only 14th is bad news for Haas Gasly comes around the final corner and goes up to
00:41seventh position so he delivers nicely Ocon is he's a way off at the moment to be an improvement for
00:48him what about Magnussen that ninth place is going to worry a few drivers Jolien yeah Fernando Alonso
00:52slipping down to 13th and Alonso's not improved in the first sector either he's been jumped by Bottas
00:57been jumped by a few others Magnussen popping it up there Ocon goes up to eight so good job for
01:02Vestaban Ocon and Fernando Alonso has got to pick up the pace in the second half of the lap because
01:06at the moment he's not improving here's his teammate Stroll has been 20th and last at the last two events
01:12in qualifying didn't take part in the Singapore Grand Prix last time out he's up on Yuki Tsunoda
01:18but Yuki Tsunoda is also improving Stroll goes to 15th to knock out Tsunoda so Tsunoda now needs a response
01:24we're about to get one absolutely immediately Alonso is the next driver at risk next to
01:29Stroll and so Tsunoda goes up to seventh to the acclaim of the crowd Albon via Alonso I think they're
01:35the only two left out there and Alonso still not improving and Albon's going pretty quickly he did
01:40manage to start his flying lap so can Albon knock out Alonso can Alonso find something yes he did
01:45so now it's Albon v Bottas
01:48Lawson goes up to fourth position Alonso finds himself in 12th this is 14th place Lewis Hamilton
01:54taking a huge hit on the curb as we come now out of the 18th and final corner slight correction
01:59to
01:59avoid what happened to Logan Sargent Hamilton up to 10th Bottas the driver on the brink it's over to you
02:05Alexander Albon he comes through the corner where his teammate crashed he's looking to make the second
02:10part of qualify great lap Alex Albon to move to 12th position Alonso found a tenth of a second in
02:17the
02:17final sector so he managed to piece the chicane together better than he had done and that sneaks
02:22him through in 14th so it's very sweaty for both Aston Martins
02:35it's Bottas Stroll Holkenberg Joe and Sargent who found the barriers who go out in the first part of
02:42qualifying and now let's see what Magnussen can do currently in 15th this will say a lot only 9th
02:51and he drops Hamilton down into 11th place Hamilton needs a lap to respond and we're watching out to
02:56see what Fernando Alonso can do at the track he calls his favorite the man who's been in Q3 all
03:02the way
03:02through the season is only in eighth position that's a good lap from Alonso though Hamilton gets himself
03:08safe up into third place Norris and Piastro got fifth and sixth and tumbling down people improving
03:13further back George Russell's going quickly let's see what Lawson can do over the line he gets himself to
03:1810th that's all he could do he drops Albon down so Albon has completed the lap so has Magnussen and
03:24now
03:24it's over to the Alpines what can they do they've been chasing it all the way through it's only 12th
03:29position for Esteban Ocon George Russell is up by two tenths of a second on Liam Lawson he's going to
03:35need an improvement Perez goes to third place he is safely through we are waiting to see who can deny
03:41the place in the top 10 will Lawson drop out in the second part of qualifying that's what Russell is
03:47hoping
03:47for and that's what George Russell delivers in seventh place and now Yuki Tsunoda down to ninth
03:54position can he improve he can and the crowd love it seventh place for him and it's all about Gasly
04:00versus Alonso now he's improving all the way around the Frenchman out of the final corner Gasly looking
04:07to displace Fernando Alonso but it's not good enough he's the lead Alpine on the grid but he's not making
04:12Q3 frustration for him it's Lawson Gasly Albon Ocon and Magnussen who fall at the second hurdle of qualifying
04:25wow this has been a absolutely supreme lap a 1 29 0 that is a gauntlet thrown down and a
04:35half Perez will try and
04:37respond immediately across the line and he's 1.4 seconds back on the on the old rubber let's see
04:44what the McLarens can do though they are on new rubber Hamilton gets a time on the board again miles
04:48off 1.7 seconds what can the McLarens do that's the question Verstappen setting down an absolutely mighty
04:56time Piastri gets within half a second what about Lando Norris who's been the lead McLaren driver more often
05:02than not he's 12.3 up on his teammate all the way through his rookie Australian teammate Lando Norris
05:08looking to book his place on the front row but he's behind his teammate and Max Verstappen in a
05:14league of his own after run one let's complete the lap on board with the man who is chasing his
05:21ninth
05:22pole position of the season in Formula One hasn't been there for a couple of races wants to retake the
05:27place and that will be the lap to do it a 1 28 8 and now we'll look further down
05:33the field where can
05:34Leclerc and Sainz go in relation to the McLarens who will get another response it's only fourth for
05:39Charles Leclerc who's going to be the lead Ferrari on the grid it's been this man for three races in
05:43a
05:43row he won last time out and Sainz is behind his teammate now Piastri versus Norris is our next battle
05:50for the front row here comes the McLaren over the line and it's Piastri not to improve does that open
05:56the door for Lando Norris to get to the front row no he doesn't do it he doesn't do it
06:01and Oscar
06:02Piastri finds himself on the front row in Formula One unless there's a response for Sergio Perez Yuki
06:09Tsunoda has gone up to seventh place and now the driver who finished second in the Japanese Grand
06:15Prix here last year will try and make it two ripples on the front row can Perez do it as
06:20he comes across the
06:20line no he's behind his teammate the two McLarens Charles Leclerc and he finds himself in fifth
06:26position so Lewis Hamilton will complete this qualifying battle and he goes over the line
06:32to go ahead of his teammate for the first time in three races to drop Yuki Tsunoda down to ninth
06:45that first sector was uh really enjoyable Verstappen in a league of his own Verstappen's ninth
06:55pole position of the season one of the very best half a second on pole by Max Verstappen a terrific
07:03lap from Oscar Piastri on the first run books his first ever Formula One front row then it was Lando
07:08Norris third Charles Leclerc in fourth at the lead Ferrari for the first time in four races Sergio
07:12Perez was fifth and it was Sainz Hamilton Russell Tsunoda in ninth position ahead of Fernando Alonso
07:19Liam Lawson missed out by four hundredths of a second another appearance in Q3 had to settle for a Q2
07:24exit but he was ahead of Gasly Albon Ocon and Magnussen and falling at the first hurdle of qualifying
07:31was Bottas, Stroll, Hulkenberg, Joe Guan Yu and Logan Sargent who found the barrier on the exit of the 18th
07:38and final corner
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