George got interviewed but I was honestly more focused on Alex and Logan in the background...wonder what they were talking about
Gold star ⭐ to everyone who made it to the end of this crazy weekend
merc and ferrari and mclaren and red bull watching pierre go P3
Q3
Both RBs into Q3, 100% Q3 record at Imola for Daniel!
Verstappen gets another pole at Imola despite a slower last sector
Mclaren take P2-3 behind him, Piastri ahead of Norris (but remember, Piastri's still under investigation)
((update, Piastri handed a three-place grid penalty after the investigation, drops from P2 to P5))
Both Ferraris go slower on the first sectors, locking out P4-5 with Leclerc ahead of Sainz
The Mercedes separated by Tsunoda, Russell ahead of Hamilton to make P6-8
Ricciardo makes one last minute lap on fresh tires, ends up starting 9th on Sunday
Hulkenberg went fastest but was immediately kicked down by Verstappen, Norris and Tsunoda, will start P10
Q1
Out: Sergeant, Alonso, Magnussen, Zhou, Bottas (P20 to P16)
Oscar Piastri investigated for impeding on Magnussen
Logan Sargeant's lap time deleted for track limits, drops from P17 to P20 :(
Hulkenberg goes third fastest
Both Williams and Alonso hit the gravel, turn 18 also almost caught out Verstappen and Norris
Both Alpines and RBs into Q2!!
Verstappen went fastest in Q1 in the last few seconds
Verstappen wins with only 8 tenths of a gap, tyre issues for half the race, questionable amounts of rest after the stint at 24hrs of Nurburgring he did 5 hrs before the race and less than 30% of his battery 😭😭
- Daniel Ricciardo missed out on Q3 by less than a second, but Yuki Tsunoda will start 10th for his home race!! He sadly didn't improve his time in Q3 but an impressive performance nonetheless.
- A few penalties handed out... firstly to George Russell for an unsafe release into Oscar Piastri (£5000 to Mercedes) and also Nico Hulkenberg for exceeding track limits (time deleted)
- Both Williams missing Q3 again, coming in P19 (LS2) and P14 (AA23). Albon continues to with drive Sargeant's chassis as "the workload to switch the cars back over would be far too much for the mechanics." Although not ideal, the chassis shouldn't be too different weight-wise, and he's expected to have the spare by Miami. The only problem is that the front wing and rear were damaged in FP1, but that has reportedly been fixed.
Q3:
Verstappen of course will start on pole, making 99 pole positions for Red Bull! Lando Norris started Q3 in P2, but Perez put in a good lap and knocked him down to P3. Behind him will be Sainz, then the birthday boy (Piastri), Hamilton, Leclerc, Alonso, Russell, and Tsunoda.
Q2:
Ricciardo, who qualified just 0.055 seconds behind his teammate, will start 11th. Behind him will be Hulkenberg, Bottas, Albon, and Ocon.
Q1:
Stroll starts 16th, knocked out of Q2 by Bottas's final lap, then Gasly, Magnussen, Sergeant and Zhou.
Will be back with a summary of the GP (hopefully) tomorrow!!
When I said Max would win unless there was an engine problem or something I DIDNT MEAN IT AS A PREDICTION 😭😭