00:01Lots of traffic, Sebastian Vettel is having to weave his way through at the end of the lap, might pick
00:06up a little toe here to the line.
00:07Sebastian Vettel goes fifth fastest, 125.5, that might just be good enough, certainly to get him out of the
00:15bottom five, but to get him through to the next part of qualifying as well.
00:20Stroll goes 12 fastest, 125.7, he is right on the cusp with that one.
00:24Alex Albon, can he get out of the bottom five? No, his qualifying is over, his teammate Nicholas Fatifi can
00:30still do something about it.
00:32Valtteri Bottas, oh dear, not been a good qualifying for Valtteri Bottas, he'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, I think it was the Red Bull
00:48there, wasn't there, a little bit, but two corners to go then.
00:51But Magnussen, he'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, we're on board with Fernando
01:03Alonso.
01:04Who'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
01:17five one-hundredths of a second there, I 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
01:28Bottas in P18.
01:32Leclerc has gone fastest overall in the first sector, Schumacher now goes P8, Norris and Sainz, and have matched Leclerc
01:40through that first part of the lap.
01:42As has Fernando Alonso as well, and Alonso's 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,
02:12as Daniel Ricciardo goes eighth fastest, pushes Tsunoda down to the fringes of the top ten.
02:17Tsunoda's out at the qualifying, as Fernando Alonso goes P9.
02:21Lando Norris, still out on the road, can do something about his position.
02:26Charles 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.
02:45So, Norris just pushes out. It's P11, unfortunately.
02:49It's okay.
02:52Alonso is out. Tsunoda, Schumacher, Stroll and Joe join him in the bottom five.
02:59This man, Sebastian Vettel, well, he's in Q3, he has produced a couple of barnstorming laps here,
03:06and ended up eighth fastest overall. That is a phenomenal effort.
03:12Verstappen'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,
03:43has gotten just under a tenth in hand to take provisional pole himself.
03:48Sergio, 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?
03:55Absolutely.
03:56But 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.
04:05Was that in track limits?
04:07He goes on to provisional pole, Max Verstappen.
04:1217.2 for Lewis Hamilton.
04:15Best first sector for Hamilton, who's got George Russell right behind him, picking up at slipstream two.
04:20Leclerc goes second fastest, did a very fine final sector.
04:25Verstappen 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, but it's still all about his
04:38own lap.
04:38Carlos Sainz can't improve, he'll be third at best.
04:41But what can Perez and Hamilton do behind him?
04:45Brilliant 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 fifth for him.
05:17George Russell crosses the line and it's Red Bull occupying the front row.
05:22Verstappen ahead of Perez.
05:23Well done Max.
05:24Very good job.
05:25Well done.
05:26How did we do?
05:27Yeah, first and second.
05:28Well done.
05:29Great job.
05:31Okay.
05:31Good job.
05:33Yeah, that's a good team up for that.
05:35The 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.
05:54Good job.
05:54Obviously Rodriguez.
05:55Alright, thank you.
05:55We have to have some great, reallySONIP videos below the University of Georgia.
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