00:00Update for you whilst I was saying that and only 21 cars are going to be taking part in this
00:06sprint qualifying
00:07because Sergio Perez in the other Cadillac has a fuel system issue they identified at the end of the practice
00:14session
00:14Can't be fixed in time and that sadly is Sergio's car just all on its lonesome and the driver nowhere
00:21to be seen
00:21Yeah, car as square as you can and straight as you can on the exit feed the car through that
00:26last left-hand corner
00:28And a little bit of undersea in mid-corner for Hadjar but I think that's a pretty respectable lap time
00:32straight away
00:32and trading fastest sectors with his teammate Verstappen who comes to the line now
00:37And slower by about six one-hundredths of a second
00:41The car doesn't look like it has the same kind of balance as it did before
00:46And he was about half a second down on Lewis Hamilton through the middle sector with Charles Leclerc on this
00:50lap
00:51Crosses the line, goes fastest with the one 34-2
00:54One of Hamilton, here he comes, the man on pole, for the sprint last year
00:58He's got the LP right in front of him, Franco Colopinto
01:01But he still goes quicker with his teammate by that half a second
01:04Never know what's going to happen in these early stages of these new regulations
01:08As to whether drivers are going to get the full benefits of what they've got underneath them or not
01:13Piastri to the line and by eight one-hundredths of a second misses out
01:17To Lewis Hamilton, Lando Norris will be next to cross the line, defending champion, the 35th Formula One World Champion
01:26And he goes second fastest, three one-hundredths quicker than his teammate
01:29And five one-hundredths behind Lewis Hamilton
01:32Now to the line, Kimi Antonelli puts a bit of distance between his Mercedes and the Ferraris
01:38George Russell puts even more distance
01:41Let's have a look at Vortoleta, did he have an issue out of the final corner, maybe?
01:47Yes, he did
01:48Oh, yes, he did
01:48And we saw, yeah, sorry, we saw Hülkenberg almost do the same thing
01:52He was right on the limit, that was over the limit, my friend
01:55Tried to turn in, grip wasn't there, bailed out, don't want to ruin the tyres
01:59Bernie Carlos Sainz, who's in that bottom six
02:02And pushing all the way to the line, stays in that bottom six
02:05Carlos Sainz is out and he, like Arvid Lindblad, was another that lost a huge amount of time
02:10During the practice session
02:12So one Williams out, one Williams out on the track
02:16And Alex Albon is coming to the line now
02:18To finish his final time
02:22And he stays in the bottom six
02:24And it was Oli Behrman who went off the track
02:26Yeah, we've seen so many drivers fall foul of that final corner
02:30You really have to be careful
02:32And it goes against all your instincts
02:34As a racing driver to back off the entry
02:37To pick up speed on the exit
03:07But I'm obviously on the first lap
03:09We would refer to that usually as a torque spike
03:12So he's put a lap time in of a 1.48.2
03:15But he lost about ten seconds in the final sector
03:19That is the has of Oli Behrman with the fastest time
03:21But kicking up a whole load of dirt
03:23That is not gonna stay the fastest time for long
03:25Piastri now goes on a proper lap
03:28And Pierre Gasly has got out of the pits
03:30And has got on with it
03:31And has gone 1.33.5
03:33So he's fourth fastest ahead of Lawson and Behrman
03:36I think that racing bulls car
03:37Actually looks like a pretty handy car at the moment
03:40It's around the final corner
03:41Comes Charles Leclerc
03:42Should be the fastest time
03:44Is the fastest time
03:45By a second from Max Verstappen
03:48Yeah that was a really well put together lap there
03:50By Leclerc
03:51And the centre benchmark
03:53To Hamilton try and beat
03:54No but look at that
03:55Nearly seven tenths away
03:57For Lewis Hamilton
03:58That shows what a stunning lap time
04:00That was from his team mate
04:01We're gonna watch Piastri over the line
04:03And his first flying lap in anger
04:05Is about half a second off the pace
04:08Lando Norris out there
04:09At exactly the same time as his team mate
04:11He goes third fastest
04:12And now Kimi Antonelli
04:13And George Russell
04:15We wait for them
04:15Antonelli goes fastest
04:17Three one-hundredths clear
04:18Of Charles Leclerc
04:19Ferrari
04:20Right there with Antonelli
04:22But George Russell
04:23Has been absolutely lighting up the timings
04:26And goes quickest
04:27By three-tenths of a second
04:29To his turn
04:29And what's Ollie Behrman
04:30Been up to in his favourite corner on the track
04:33He's bringing it back
04:34He's bringing it back
04:35He's getting there
04:36He's getting there
04:37Let's go over the limit of the first point
04:39And bring it back from there
04:40So that's maybe Behrman's approach
04:42For that final corner
04:43Just about
04:44Gets away with it that time around
04:46What happened to Lando?
04:48No
04:48Someone right on the apex
04:51I understood Antonelli right in the way
04:53Yeah I was gonna push that lap
04:55But he got it my way
04:58That was Verstappen behind him
05:00So Lawson
05:01Got a nice slipstream from Verstappen there
05:03How ironic would it be
05:05If that bumps Verstappen down another place
05:07No it doesn't Lawson
05:08Only good enough for P13
05:09So Verstappen has pitted
05:12At the end of that lap
05:13That's his session over
05:15Hadja's session is over
05:17And they are waiting anxiously
05:18With lap times like this
05:20Esteban Alcock stays 12 fastest
05:23Can Gabriel Bortoleto improve his first sector
05:26Isn't really anything to write home about
05:28Hülkenberg's not improving either
05:30I think they'll breathe a sigh of relief
05:32At Red Bull
05:33That others below them couldn't improve
05:36Something like a 1.33.6
05:37Not a 1.33.4
05:40That is a bumpy old ride for Max Verstappen
05:43At the final corner
05:45Not the first one that's done that today
05:47And well if it can happen to Verstappen
05:49Then it can happen to anyone
05:51That's what it looked like on board
05:52He just tried to get
05:54He's a bit frustrated about that
05:56Car in the way
05:56It is just a racing line
05:58Out of the last half
06:00It's ridiculous
06:04On the run up towards
06:06That final corner of turn 16
06:07And take it as fast as you can
06:11But within the track limits of course
06:12A pretty nice lap there by Kimi Antonelli
06:15At 1.31.8
06:16But they were neck and neck
06:17Just a few hundredths in it
06:18In the first two sectors
06:20Russell crosses the line
06:21And he has beaten his teammate
06:23With a stonking final sector
06:26Charles Leclerc
06:27Next out of that final corner
06:29He goes ahead of Max
06:30And there is quite a bit of a difference
06:32Between the Ferrari and the Mercedes
06:34When it comes to the crunch time
06:36Lewis Hamilton
06:37Nearly into the gravel
06:38But he goes ahead of his teammate
06:40Six tenths of a second
06:42Between Russell and Hamilton
06:44Who's been on the front row
06:45For the previous two sprint races
06:46Here in Shanghai
06:48But it's P3 at the moment
06:49Single cool
06:50And then another push lap
06:51Is that soft higher up to it
06:53The other five
06:54Have only got one single opportunity
06:57To get that soft lap
06:59On the board
07:00Leclerc is on a much better lap
07:02Than he was first time around
07:04In this SQ3
07:06Max Verstappen is just starting
07:07His latest lap
07:09So he's left it late there
07:10Leclerc crosses the line
07:12Stays fourth fastest
07:13Behind his teammate
07:14Lewis Hamilton
07:15Gasly to the line
07:17For Alpine
07:17We'll see the chequered flag
07:18Goes fifth fastest ahead
07:20Of his former teammate
07:21Max Verstappen
07:22Now
07:23All eyes to Lando Norris
07:25Looking for a second pole
07:26In a Shanghai sprint
07:27But it's P3 for him
07:28And he goes ahead
07:29Of Lewis Hamilton
07:30Oscar Piastri had a better
07:32First sector
07:33And has a slight advantage
07:35But doesn't want to go in
07:36Much further to the right
07:37It was a good exit
07:38But he's lost time
07:39And it's fifth fastest only
07:41For Oscar Piastri
07:43Isaac Hadjar
07:43Will be next across the line
07:45He was P3 on the grid
07:46In Melbourne
07:47For the first qualifying
07:48Of the season
07:49Not the greatest exit
07:50Out of the final corner
07:51And only tenth fastest
07:53For Isaac Hadjar
07:54Disappointment
07:55Is he's outqualified
07:55By Oli Behrman
07:56And also Max Verstappen
07:58It's a Mercedes
08:00Front row here
08:01She led every single session
08:02Did this man
08:03And for the first time
08:04In his Formula One career
08:06Takes a sprint pole
08:07Nice job
08:08First P1
08:09Good job
08:12Good job
08:12Good job
08:13You
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