00:08That's a panic George Russell, he has not done a good lap, Kolopinto goes up to 8th and knocks Russell
00:14down to 11th, Magnussen's been and hasn't beaten him, so has Ricciardo, but there are other drivers there that can
00:19shuffle Russell towards danger and Hülkenberg does that, another driver ahead.
00:23All the drivers in the drop zone are on personal bests when they need it most, the track has ramped
00:29up, it's at the grippiest point of the entire weekend, now it's about delivering in these final corners, if you're
00:34Lance Stroll, he's been knocked out in Q1, 4 times out of 5 here, make that 5 out of 6,
00:40he's missed out by 9 thousandths of a second.
00:43The two Alpines in the drop zone, along with Stroll, along with the two Salbers, but that's a lap that
00:48puts Daniel Ricciardo into the bottom 5, it puts Sainz at risk, Ocon is 14th at the moment, as Joe
00:55Guanyu gets ahead of Valtteri Bottas, Bottas will get the right of reply, let's see where he can go across
01:00the line, what a view that is, but it's an exit in Q1 once again for the Salber team, really
01:06struggling right now.
01:07Gasly will put the Salbers to the back row of the grid, and it is going to be Sainz with
01:14a huge sigh of relief. Across the line, our winner from last year puts it into P6, and it is
01:20Stroll, Gasly, Bottas, Joe, and the man trying to stay in Formula 1 under pressure right now, Daniel Ricciardo, out
01:29in the first part of qualifying.
01:33Oh, that was Max getting wide, just dropped over the kerb on the exit of that first part, and almost
01:39smacked it into the barriers, but it's a superb save from Verstappen that.
01:44As you see that big power slide from the McLaren, first Sainz of them having to push the limits.
01:51Over the line goes Carlos Sainz, up to sixth position, the driver at risk, our winner in 2022, Sergio Perez
01:58will not be liking the fact that Magnussen, Alonso, Alvin, and Colopinto are all on personal best.
02:03And it's not a good first sector for Perez, not a good first sector of him, he needs to find
02:07something around the rest of the lap.
02:09Fernando Alonso is a two-time winner of this Grand Prix, he loves this place, can he get himself into
02:13the top 10? He can!
02:15Perez in the drop zone, he needs a response in the next couple of sectors.
02:20Magnussen back in Formula 1, but it's only 12th position for him, so Magnussen and Ocon have gone.
02:25What can the two Williams pair have for us across the line?
02:29Tsunoda now in the drop zone, Albon gets to 10th, the reply comes from Colopinto.
02:34Can he out-qualify his teammate again in Formula 1?
02:37Here's the effort for Colopinto, no! He just falls short by one hundredth of a second!
02:42A fine effort as Yuki Tsunoda gets up to 8th position, it's both Williams out, 11th and 12th, and where
02:50is Sergio Perez?
02:51It's not a personal best in sector 1, it's not a personal best in sector 2, we're looking at Perez
02:58going out!
02:59Improves his lap time, but he's out in the second part of qualifying!
03:02We're focusing on Hulkenberg, who's going to make it, he comes across the line to register his time, the 7th
03:09fastest time!
03:11Tough, tough quality Alex, you did everything you could, well, we'll have a look, look through that, there was, yeah,
03:16no, there's more in the car!
03:18Franco Colopinto, seemingly comfortable with life in Formula 1, and he will fight for his second point-scoring finish, he
03:26was fighting the car through Turn 5!
03:29Really tight, really tight, that's P12, yeah, sorry!
03:33Franco, it's a good lap, you put it together, I don't think we were quite there on all the tyres,
03:38but well done on your side, everything you could have done is there!
03:40But it's Albon, it's Colopinto, and against expectations, off the back of a brilliant Baku for Perez, he is out
03:48in the second part of qualifying, along with Magnussen and Ocon!
03:53Verstappen very comfortable at the moment, Norris going even quicker through the first sector of this three-mile racetrack!
04:00These are the final corners for Oscar Piastri, ringing the speed from the McLaren car off in the background there!
04:06Big moment off the wall, Carlos Sainz has lost it into the barriers to bring out the yellow flag, to
04:12now upgrade it to a red flag,
04:14and the Ferrari driver finds himself in 10th position, they've been threatening to do that at the final corner all
04:21session long,
04:22but it's Sainz, who finds the barriers!
04:26This is Carlos Sainz building up to push, he gets out of the way of Oscar Piastri, we saw him,
04:32now listen in!
04:36Oh my goodness, rear tyre just wasn't there, he was completely caught out by the lack of rear grip!
04:41And then you see Verstappen coming through just behind as well, so that's BAM! Sainz into the wall on his
04:46outlap!
04:47Yeah, I don't know if it was cold tyres, 30-year, or, or it was, I think it's not!
04:53I think this could be the toughest lap of the season for some of these guys now,
04:57having had this random element of grip level coming and going in qualifying,
05:02you've now got a lengthy red flag, and all of these contenders have one flying lap,
05:07on one new set of soft tyres to sort a grid that is critical because it's difficult to pass on.
05:13McLaren in the hunt here, but which one will be top, and what can Verstappen do?
05:17That's the middle sector that Norris needed!
05:19Piastri fights his way, round the final two corners of the race track, it's a 1.29.9!
05:24There's an opportunity now, a marginal improvement, but Lando Norris has been so assured all the way through,
05:31he's looking for his first pole position in Singapore, two corners to go for the British driver,
05:37second in the World Championship, and he takes provisional pole by four tenths of a second!
05:42That is a mighty lap from Norris, which backs up his form in free practice.
05:48First over the line is Charles Leclerc trying to get to the front row, but he's behind Hülkenberg,
05:53he's not found the lap time, is the grip out there? Is there performance out there?
05:57Lewis Hamilton is a four-time winner around this circuit, can he climb to the front row?
06:02Wait for the answer, the answer is yes! With the fastest final sector of the session so far,
06:08does Verstappen have an opportunity to challenge Lando Norris? He comes over the line and he's missed
06:14out by two tenths of a second. Does Russell enter this conversation? No, he goes behind his teammate,
06:21he is into fourth position, again a rapid final sector, as Yuki Tsunoda goes into eighth place,
06:27and it's Norris and Verstappen at the front of the field. The time for Charles Leclerc must have been
06:34deleted because he's in ninth, and Ferrari, having taken pole position here last year, are ninth and
06:41tenth, but it's Lando who leads the way. A first pole position around the streets of Singapore, and Norris
06:50has a sixth all-time in Formula One. The pre-session favourite delivers under the spotlight of Singapore.
06:58Oh!
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