00:00Looks okay for him at the moment. Ocon goes over the line with an 18-1. That's a bit steady.
00:06Behrman will follow him across the line. Fastest in the final sector, but not only about a tenth or so
00:12between himself and his teammate.
00:15However, the two Haas cars out there, by the looks of it, on the median tyre, whilst everybody else, Carlos
00:21Sainz, and so too for Valtteri Bottas out there on that soft tyre.
00:27Maximum for them to melt and give you the grip you need, but Max drives for the line, and we're
00:33in to the low 1.16s.
00:36That's more like what we were expecting.
00:38Yeah, Gasly through the final corner, now recipient of the podium reinstatement from Monaco.
00:45We'll see if he holds on to it, but now full focus on what he has in Barcelona. He crosses
00:49the line in third.
00:50Going to look at Charles Leclerc here. Fastest of anybody in the middle sector. We're actually hearing that Lewis Hamilton
00:55in the other Ferrari isn't particularly happy.
00:58Not feeling like he's getting full power from his Ferrari car, as his teammate goes fastest of anybody so far,
01:04a 1.15.9.
01:06Saw Kimi Antonelli flying through the first sector, but then George Russell flying in the middle sector.
01:10Hamilton, though, if he is complaining of power issues, doesn't seem to be holding him back too much.
01:15Fastest of anybody through that first sector. Leclerc has the fastest final sector.
01:20Russell comes to the line, finds almost two and a half tenths over Charles Leclerc, to the top of the
01:25timing screen.
01:26Cut to Lewis Hamilton, round the final corner.
01:30Flat out as you like, to the line then for the seven-time champ. Fastest by 92 thousandths of a
01:36second.
01:37Can Norris, who's looked quick in practice so far, continue that form throughout qualifying?
01:42To the line, then his first run at it. Sees him into the top five.
01:46Too much traffic for Lando Norris there. We'll be driving through dirty air at the end of the lap and
01:51also trying to second-guess the backmarkers and what they're going to do.
01:54And Piastri then, not out of the 16. So, a pretty ordinary first run there for McLaren. What's going on?
02:02And what are we going to see here? On board with Carlos Sainz, down to turn one. Snatch the front
02:09right and into the runoff.
02:11Yeah. You're obliged to go through that little Alpine pass, aren't you, really?
02:16And we see then the other Williams off the road.
02:22Yeah. Alex Albon understeering, off into the gravel.
02:27I also think Stroll had a little bit of an off last lap around.
02:31And that has actually, unfortunately, brought gravel onto that racing line.
02:34Here is the Stroll incident into the gravel.
02:38Manages to jump across it and just about keep momentum.
02:42I think he was probably, he could probably arrive at a touch too much speed. He was hanging on to
02:46the brake pedal.
02:46This is going to get pretty feisty. And at the moment, both Spanish drivers under pressure in this Q1.
02:53Franco Colopinto to the line. Gets his Alpine up into 10th spot.
02:58Gasly behind him in 11.
03:01Here is Alex Albon then down in 20th position to the line.
03:05Gets himself through up into 15. Will it be enough, though?
03:09Stroll crosses the line, only moves up to 21st ahead of his teammate Alonso.
03:14Tight lap from Hulkenberg up inside the top five.
03:17Yeah, very impressive. Ocon now just squeezes in as well.
03:21And what about Oli Behrman, his British teammate?
03:24Nice lap from the British driver in his second season of Formula 1 up to 11th.
03:28They might be consigned to a Q1 exit.
03:31They're going to try for their might to go again.
03:33Carlos Sainz still out there on the track in the middle sector.
03:36And Fernando Alonso is going to be outqualified by the looks of things by Lance Stroll for the first time
03:41in 42 races.
03:44Lawson stays in the pit lane.
03:45Sainz crosses the line. Gets himself up into 16th.
03:47What can Perez do? He's been good over one lap.
03:50Just gets through into 19th.
03:52Out qualifies his teammate, Valtteri Bottas.
03:55And then two mighty final corners, particularly the last one.
03:59I'm hearing them all do a little thumb shift on the apex of that.
04:03And make sure you don't go over the track limits.
04:06And Gasly then, a 17.6.
04:08So that is 1.1 seconds slower than his Q1 time.
04:15So the track then might well be gearing up as Colopinto finds time in the final sector and goes fastest.
04:21A 1.17.3.
04:23Max Verstappen, though, flying on his first flying lap.
04:26Had to see the times tumble over the course of this track action.
04:31Verstappen will be next to cross the line.
04:34Finds one, nearly one and a half seconds to go fastest.
04:38Sharper intake for Charles Leclerc.
04:40Round the final corner.
04:41Verstappen is fastest.
04:43Hajar joins him up there.
04:45But they both get demoted as Leclerc finds two tenths of a second to go fastest.
04:49Top four, all on brand new tyres.
04:51Top five, that is, now.
04:53Make that top six with Antonelli.
04:55Short metre run for the British driver.
04:58Sits third in the Drivers' Championship now.
05:00Half a tenth of a second clear of Russell.
05:03We did think it might be tight coming into this weekend.
05:06And the competitive order certainly seems to be heading that way in this Q2 session.
05:11Hamilton up to fourth as he crosses the line.
05:13Oscar Piastri disappointing down in ninth.
05:16What's going on at McLaren?
05:18What is going on?
05:20That's two disappointing laps of Piastri.
05:23What is Norris going to deliver here?
05:26Two personal bests, but eighth.
05:37Looked all right, to be honest.
05:38Something that's moving around plenty.
05:40A couple of twitches on the steering wheel does emphasise the rather loose rear end for McLaren.
05:47Who continues a really strong season so far for the young Kiwi.
05:51Up into eighth spot.
05:52Nico Hülkenberg then with a lap on the board.
05:55And just about enough right now inside the top ten.
05:58Will he finally get that Q3 start this year?
06:01Or will Behrman, Bortoleto or Gasly deny him?
06:05Lindblad's not going to go through.
06:06He bails out of it and comes into the pit lane.
06:08Behrman won't be able to take it.
06:10He sees the checkered flag and is down in twelfth spot.
06:14Gasly's going quick though.
06:16Bortoleto won't be able to join his teammate up inside the top ten.
06:20Will we see an Audi go through?
06:21Or will Alpine cause them heartbreak?
06:24Gasly loses time in the final sector.
06:27Out in thirteenth spot.
06:28That leaves it all onto Franco Colopinto.
06:31Who's on for a personal best here.
06:33But right now needs that little bit more.
06:36Enough to out-qualify his teammate.
06:38But not enough to go through inside the top ten.
06:41Oh, that's so bad.
06:43So bad.
06:47The flag outs on track.
06:50We'll see if we find out who that is or if it goes away.
06:52It's Charles Leclerc as he stopped out on track somewhere.
06:55Off track.
06:55It is Charles Leclerc.
06:56Verstappen crosses the line.
06:58It doesn't affect his lap.
06:59And he manages to complete it.
07:01Goes fast as Piastri immediately finds time.
07:04Leclerc has crashed.
07:05We're hearing red flag.
07:06We can't see it.
07:07It looks like it's on the exit of turn four.
07:09And the approach to turn five.
07:11Piastri just got through.
07:13And there is the damage for Charles Leclerc.
07:16A crash in Monaco on Sunday.
07:18A crash a week later in Barcelona on a Saturday.
07:22And that is a heavy crash to the front wing.
07:24Has gone.
07:26Rooted in the gravel.
07:27Out of the car.
07:28And out of the session.
07:29Here we go.
07:35Oh.
07:37Oh.
07:38Yeah.
07:38So it started to slide.
07:40It got a little bit wide.
07:41It started to slide.
07:42He turned into the slide.
07:44And then it gripped up.
07:47And just took him where the steering wheel was pointing.
07:49As he was counter steering the slide.
07:52Here we go.
07:53It's all fine, fine, fine.
07:54Starts to move a bit.
07:55Hits the throttle too hard.
07:56Because he's on the dirty side of the track.
07:59Applies opposite lock to correct the slide.
08:01Front bites.
08:02And boom.
08:03Straight into the wall.
08:04He was on for a good first sector up until that point as well with Charles Leclerc.
08:08Hamilton down on time in the first sector as well.
08:11Hasn't looked as quick as his teammate in the last part of qualifying.
08:15But now all hopes are on that sole remaining Ferrari of Hamilton.
08:19Kimi Antonelli's Mercedes will cross the line first.
08:22It's third behind Max Verstappen.
08:25George Russell might well start to put a gap between himself and the top of the field.
08:29What's he got across the line?
08:30Around the final corner.
08:32It's a gap.
08:32It's not much.
08:33But he'll take it.
08:3431 thousandths of a second.
08:36Russell goes fastest.
08:37Russell was mighty through that last corner.
08:40Just pinned it.
08:40And Hamilton now drives to the line for his first attempt on those recycled tyres.
08:46Russell is even faster through the middle sector.
08:48Mercedes coming to the fore right at the end of qualifying.
08:52Final corner for Kimi Antonelli across the line for the 19-year-old Italian.
08:56And it's provisional pole with a 1.14.998.
09:00But his teammate is flying.
09:02The fight back begins in Barcelona.
09:04Or does it for George Russell?
09:05Fastest of anybody in the middle sector.
09:07And finds nearly three-tenths of a second to go fastest and ahead of his teammate to take provisional pole.
09:15Can anyone stop George Russell?
09:17Norris won't be able to.
09:18Third for the reigning world champion.
09:20Max Verstappen is on a cracking lap behind this McLaren.
09:24But what can he do as he drives to the line?
09:27Currently P4 stays P4.
09:31Lewis Hamilton, fastest of anybody in the middle sector.
09:34Verstappen will cross the line first.
09:36Just loses time right at the end.
09:38Pips the Astri though.
09:40Verstappen up into fourth.
09:41Ajar crosses the line up in fifth.
09:43Good result for the Frenchman.
09:44Lewis Hamilton to the line.
09:46It's second for the seven-time world champion.
09:50All the hopes were left for Lewis Hamilton at Ferrari with Charles Leclerc out of Q3.
09:56And he just misses out on pole position by just over half a tenth of a second.
10:02But how about that for a statement from George Russell?
10:06Pole for the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.
10:10Nice work, mate.
10:11Pole position.
10:13How are you, Job?
10:14George, how does it feel?
10:15Nice to feel the groove again.
10:17Okay, my heart is
10:19Bye.
10:20Bye.
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