Max verstappen he will seek victory in front of his public from pole, after a memorable qualifying in which he had to sweat to achieve 10th in his private account. Lewis hamilton it forced him to clench his teeth, although the big favorite complied.
The Spanish will look for the points, and they do not start in a bad position: Carlos Sainz 6th and Fernando Alonso, 9th.
Q1: The Haas eliminate Pérez and Vettel
The pilots uncovered their capabilities from the first moment. Proof of this is that they immediately fell to 1: 10.0 as the best times, which led to wide differences despite being such a short circuit.
Especially fearsome was the performance of the Mercedes, since both Lewis hamilton What Valtteri Bottas did their good laps on medium tires … and still fell within thousandths of Max verstappen.
The progressive improvement of the track led the riders behind to risk it in the final stretch, including a Carlos Sainz whose Ferrari was able to go out on track after the great work of the mechanics to repair it after the accident of the free third.
Those who managed it best improved their times; those who did not, were left out. Proof of this is how Lando norris He suffered, but it happened, although those eliminated did have a worse time: Sergio Pérez, Sebastian Vettel, Robert Kubica, Mick Schumacher and Nikita mazepin.
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Both Vettel and Pérez were hindered by the Haas, for which they will foreseeably be penalized. Little comfort will give them.
Times table Q1 Netherlands Grand Prix
Q2: Verstappen is scared in Q2
The first round of Max verstappen already placed him as the great favorite. In his first attempt he put six tenths to the Mercedes, with soft in the three drivers, which showed his situation in this classification.
As the session progressed, it was seen that they were going to drop to 1:09 immediately, although the eagerness of some to go to Q3 took its toll. George Russell had a hard hit on the wall at Turn 3 after losing the rear of his Williams.
As luck would have it, it hardly suffered any damage, as not only was it able to return to the pits, but they also tried to repair it to return to the track after the red flag.
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The action on the track did not last long, since Nicholas latifi with the other Williams crashed between turns 7 and 8 after passing Lewis hamilton. It was a very violent blow, which forced the end of this batch for good.
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This incident benefited those who were in the doubtful zone, but those eliminated at the time of the crash could not improve. They were George Russell, Lance Stroll, Lando Norris, Nicholas Latifi and Yuki tsunoda.
Times table Q2 Netherlands Grand Prix
Q3: Verstappen drives Dutch fans crazy
Max verstappen he did not speculate on the first fastest lap of Q3. The local idol scored a good 1: 08.923 that would have already been enough to get pole … but with the same time that he later scored Lewis hamilton. The Briton improved to equal that time to the thousandth, but the 38 that the Dutch improved gave him his 10th pole in Formula 1.
Carlos Sainz will come out 6th and Fernando Alonso 9th, before a crowd that went crazy with the result of Red Bull.
Times table Q3 Netherlands Grand Prix
The race will be held this Sunday from 3:00 p.m.