Just concluded the Sprint Race Qualifying, the first of the championship, which opens the long series of "fast races" right from China. Friday brings with it a session of FP1 and, as mentioned, the sprint qualifications which sees in pole Lewis Hamilton, his first in red, followed by Max Verstappen and Oscar PiastresBig surprise – in a negative sense – Liam Lawson who occupies the last position on the grid.
Sprint Race Qualifying: Ferrari is back in celebration! Track record and pole for Hamilton, McLaren pays
Ferrari starts sprint qualifying with a good one-lap, but McLarens continue to be the car to beat. Piastres e Norris, in fact, they hold a provisional pole from the first qualifying session.
But already in the second session, the difficulty of the papaya team begins to be noticed with the graining of the tires that gives margin of error to the two drivers. Antonelli starts very well with the first sector, losing however 2 tenths from the McLarens in the remaining two sectors.
Very well Doohan, who despite being eliminated in Q1, managed to do better than his teammate in his first year in F1. Same situation with Bearman which exceeds the Or with, bringing the Haas in Q2. Lawson bring the Red Bull out of the game, for him it's P20.
I first eliminated J. Doohan, P. Gasly, E. Ocon, N. Hulkenberg, L. Lawson.
Change in track temperature, problems for McLaren and Mercedes?
The track temperature appears to be rising, causing problems for Mercedes, complained by Russell in the radio team. Also the McLaren they comment on mistakes, not managing the rear well and confirming what he declared Norris: «winning car, but difficult to drive».
In Racing Bulls the rookie is sacrificed Hadjar in favor of the veteran tsunoda, becoming the first eliminated from the second session.
Eliminated in SQ2: F. Alonso, O. Bearman, C. Sainz, G. Bortoleto, I. Hadjar.
In the last session, it is the consistency that pays off. The curves and the perfect lap, as per the manual, also pay off the experience because it is the Sir who sets the track record and also the pole position. The first in red for Lewis Hamilton.
His teammate, on the other hand, didn't do very well. Leclerc which from P3, then slides into P4. Verstappen e Piastres divide the two red ones, respectively into P2 and P3. Antonelli improved on last year's qualifying in Australia, now finishing in P7.
Following, in order, they conclude the top 10: Tsunoda, Albon and Stroll.
And from a Fanta F1 perspective?
It is important to underline that, as already anticipated in the regulation of the Fantasy F1 game, Qualifications of Sprint do not affect the game score.
La Sprint, instead, is considered as a separate race and for this reason its results are counted together with those of the Sunday race to be calculated – as usual – on Monday evening.
