00:02Hulkenberg has gone up to fourth and that will worry so many lock up for Hamilton who could be
00:07in trouble here with that lock up needed a clean final sector we lost a little bit of time there
00:11everyone around him improving apart from Sargent all right up to the gravel trying to ring the
00:16neck of the Mercedes he'll improve to 12th position so Hamilton is going to be looking
00:22over his shoulder here we go Ricciardo up to ninth that's a big improvement for a driver who
00:28needs it he's in big trouble Hamilton Stroll is flying on this lap as well the fastest first
00:32sector of anyone then you've got Russell and Leclerc both improving as well Stroll jumps up
00:37the order to eighth one Mercedes is at risk Stroll is in eighth Russell is on the brink but Hamilton
00:42is done Russell is currently trying to improve Russell does improve up to fifth position he goes
00:48Charles Leclerc is in the drop zone as well what a turn up this is Verstappen goes fastest to book
00:53his place through into Q1 that was never in doubt now Gasly hasn't escaped this part of qualifying
00:59all year as well Logan Sargent is out Hamilton is now at risk Gasly trying to fight his way to
01:06Q2
01:06can he get there he can and he knocks out Lewis Hamilton the seven-time world champion second
01:13earlier on will go out in the first part of qualifying and Ocon finds a way by as well Magnussen
01:20to the drop
01:21zone along with Hamilton Charles Leclerc is improving and Charles Leclerc knocks out Joe Guanyu who misses
01:27out by four hundredths of a second now the last driver to try and book his place in a Q2
01:32is Yuki
01:32Tsunoda and once again Tsunoda finds himself 19th in the order for the first time this year Daniel
01:40Ricciardo will be the lead V Cub on the grid Hamilton out is the shock that is the spin for
01:46Logan Sargent so
01:47that brought out the yellow flag Joe at his home race Magnussen Hamilton the big shock Tsunoda 19th and
01:57Sargent with the spin out in the first part of qualifying Bottas is ahead of Stroll then Ricciardo
02:04that's in the battle to make the final top 10 shootout guess who's top by half a second it's Max
02:09Verstappen
02:09who has never won around this track uh he's won in the sprint race earlier on today but he's never
02:14won a Grand Prix around here uh Charles Leclerc was directly behind Max Verstappen in setting that
02:19lap time only eighth a used tire for Leclerc he is the only person that's gone out on a used
02:25tire so
02:25he's oh Carlos Sainz puts two wheels in the gravel spins round and hits the barrier a big moment and
02:33he
02:33leant on the curb ran out of it was put into the gravel that wasn't there the last time we
02:38raced
02:39it would have been tarmac before but Sainz hits the barrier that's his team principal Fred Vasseur
02:45who can't believe that Sainz one of the four men of the season has dropped it at the final corner
02:50to exit qualifying and bring out the red flag yeah sorry guys
02:56so he's found drive uh in no front wing and with the clock pause suddenly Sainz heading back to the
03:03pits Ocon gets close but not close enough he's out in the second part of qualifying only 11th Sainz
03:12trying to force his way by Daniel Ricciardo is up to ninth place where does Sainz go across the line
03:18past the corner where he dropped it into the wall second fastest what a comeback what a turnaround
03:23for Carlos Sainz Alex Albon is out in the second part of qualifying as well Charles Leclerc needs a lap
03:30Charles Leclerc is going to get a lap and it's good enough to go into third place and take his
03:34place
03:35in Q3 Daniel Ricciardo finds himself out at the moment the driver at risk is Perez not anymore
03:41he finds himself in second place and now Valtteri Bottas trying to find a lap oh he gets it
03:47Valtteri Bottas at the end knocks out Lance Stroll and puts his Sauber in the top 10
03:57yeah it must be
03:59Stroll misses out by six hundredths of a second he goes out along with Ricciardo Ocon Albon and Gasly
04:08Russell is behind Hülkenberg on that first effort still only one tenth between Verstappen and Alonso
04:14through two sectors as well it's going to be tight this one okay around the final corner of the
04:18racetrack Max Verstappen not his most dialed in lap it's good enough to take pole position
04:23provisional pole position at the moment a 133.977 first up Sergio Perez got close last time it's not as
04:32close this time Alonso can he split the red balls he can excellent effort for Fernando Alonso
04:39provisionally on the front row and that was very close to a Carlos Sainz accident for Oscar Piastri
04:46who straight the gravel on his way to fourth his teammates going quickly as well Sainz right up to
04:51the gravel behind that is Lando Norris who was quicker than Verstappen in the first sector what can
04:55Lando Norris do down the hill he goes Norris ahead of his teammates and into fourth position
05:01well great effort no time yet for Charles Leclerc he's the last one to cut the beam he's behind his
05:06teammate on run number one Alonso has not had his personal best through the first sector we're
05:13focusing on the other Spaniard though Carlos Sainz comes over the line Carlos Sainz to the front row
05:18he finds an improvement in that final sector what about Charles Leclerc what can he do
05:23oh he's pulled it out of the bag when it matters to beat his teammate to claim his place on
05:29the front
05:29row what about Oscar Piastri now oh Piastri cleanly through turn 16 and he takes his place on the
05:37front row Bottas stays in 10th position Norris has got a chance to respond Verstappen going even quicker
05:44Norris across the line and he beats his teammate incredible stuff watch out for Alonso though
05:49Alonso's going quickly Verstappen is knocking this one out of the park my word that was rapid stuff
05:55around the final corner time improved by three tenths of a second but who will join Max Verstappen on
06:01the front row that looks deep for Alonso into the hairpin and Perez is rapid as well just behind this
06:07man Alonso one corner to go this is going to be nip and tuck super commitment through the final corner
06:12the 42 year old can he get back to the front row he can super lap when it matters for
06:18the Aston Martin
06:19but will Perez take it away he will my word how many drivers did we have on the front row
06:25provisionally
06:26because in the end it's ended up as a Red Bull 1-2 Perez delivers when it matters and it's
06:32five pole
06:33positions in a row to start the season for Max Verstappen the first time that has happened since
06:381999 no one has an answer to this man's pace in Formula One once again career pole position 37 for
06:48Max Verstappen
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