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George Russell wins Austrian GP; Verstappen, Norris collide
Spielberg, 30 June 2024: George Russell took a surprise Austrian Grand Prix victory after a dramatic late-race clash between long-time race leader Max Verstappen and arch-rival Lando Norris dumped the McLaren driver out of the race and dropped championship leader Verstappen to fifth at the flag.
After seizing the lead from pole at the start, Verstappen looked comfortable for the bulk of the race as he built an eight-second gap back to Norris, with Russell in third. However, the gap narrowed in the closing stages as Verstappen suffered with tyre degradation and when the champion suffered a slow final pit stop, Norris closed in.
Verstappen repelled several assault into Turn 3 on the inside but on lap 64 Norris went for broke around the outside and when Verstappen reacted there was contact. Both suffered punctures and while the Red Bull driver was able to pit for Soft tyres and shrug off a 10-second penalty for causing the collision to eventually finish fifth, Norris’ damage was too severe and he had to retire.
The incident handed the lead to Russell and the Mercedes driver seized the opportunity with both hands to take his second career win. In the final laps Piastri managed to get past Sainz to take second and the Spaniard was left with the final podium place.
At the start, Verstappen powered into the lead ahead of Norris who was forced to defend against a challenge from Russell and Sainz.
Sainz then became embroiled in a tussle with Lewis Hamilton and on the run up to Turn 3 the Mercedes driver managed to get ahead to steal P4. Further back, there was contact in Turn 1 between Piastri and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and as both went wide, Red Bull’s Sergio Pérez swept past both to claim sixth.
At the front, Verstappen began to eke out a gap to Norris. Russell and Hamilton were battling however and on lap three Hamilton powered past, only to be passed once again by Russell in Turn 4. Hamilton, though, was under investigation for leaving the track and gaining an advantage during his pass of Sainz and the seven-time champion was forced to hand back the place won at the start. Pérez and Piastri were also battling, and on lap 7 the Australian pounced in Turn 6 to muscle his way around the outside to drop Checo back to seventh. Verstappen, meanwhile, was drawing away and on lap 14 he had built up a five-second gap to Norris, who was a little under four seconds clear of Russell.
On lap 22 Hamilton and Pérez were the first of the frontrunners to pit and both moved to Hard tyres. Russell and Sainz made their way in at the end of the following tour and then on lap 24 Verstappen made his first stop, for Hard tyres. Norris came in on the same lap and when Piastri finally made his first tyre switch on lap 26, Verstappen returned to lead with 6.7s in hand over Norris with Russell two seconds further back in third. Sainz held fourth ahead of Hamilton, but the Mercedes driver was quickly handed a five-second time penalty for crossing the white line at the pit entry. Piastri emerged from his pit stop in sixth place.
Midway through his second stint, Verstappen looked comfortable, eight seconds clear of over Norris. However on lap 40 the Dutchman reported that his Hard tyres suddenly felt “really bad”. Over the following laps Norris began to chip away at the gap and by lap 46 the Red Bull driver’s advantage had shrunk to a little over 6.5s.
Russell then sparked the second round of stop on lap 47 but when Verstappen made his stop an issue with the rear right kept him stationary for over six seconds and when he and Norris rejoined, the McLaren driver was just 1.7s behind.
Norris was able to haul his way into DRS range of the Red Bull driver, and on lap 55 the McLaren driver attacked into Turn 3. Verstappen defended well to hold the lead but with three DRS zones available to Norris the attacks kept coming. And on lap 64 the McLaren driver made his fateful move.
The clash left Vestappen with a punctured rear left and though Norris got past Verstappen’s stricken RB20 his own right rear tyre let go and the pair limped back to the pits. Verstappen was fitted a set of Soft tyres and released again, into P5, but Norris damage was too severe and the Briton was forced to retire.
The dramatic incident handed the lead the Russell, ahead of Piastri who had managed to pass Sainz, with Hamilton in fourth and moment after a flurry of final laps, the Mercedes driver took his second career grand prix win.
Further back, Max held on to fifth behind Hamilton, despite being handed a 10-second penalty for causing the collision with Norris Hülkenberg took Haas’ best finish of the season so far after passing Pérez on the final tour and the Mexican was left with seventh place ahead of the second Haas of Kevin Magnussen, RB’s Daniel Ricciardo and Alpine’s Pierre Gasly, who took the final point.
2024 FIA Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix – Race
1 George Russell Mercedes 71 –
2 Oscar Piastri McLaren/Mercedes 71 1.906
3 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 71 4.533
4 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 71 23.142
5 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Honda RBPT 71 37.253
6 Nico Hülkenberg Haas/Ferrari 71 54.088
7 Sergio Pérez Red Bull/Honda RBPT 71 54.672
8 Kevin Magnussen Haas/Ferrari 71 1’00.355
9 Daniel Ricciardo RB/Honda RBPT 71 1’01.169
10 Pierre Gasly Alpine/Renault 71 1’01.766
11 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 71 1’07.056
12 Esteban Ocon Alpine/Renault 71 1’08.325
13 Lance Stroll Aston Martin/Mercedes 70 – 1 lap
14 Yuki Tsunoda RB/Honda RBPT 70 – 1 lap
15 Alexander Albon Williams/Mercedes 70 – 1 lap
16 Valtteri Bottas Sauber/Ferrari 70 – 1 lap
17 Zhou Guanyu Sauber/Ferrari 70 – 1 lap
18 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin/Mercedes 70 – 1 lap
19 Logan Sargeant Williams/Mercedes 69 – 2 laps
Lando Norris McLaren/Mercedes 64 – Retirement -
Max Verstappen takes pole, less than half a second ahead of Lando Norris: F1
Spielberg, 29 June 2024: Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen powered to an emphatic eighth pole position of the season four tenths of a second clear of McLaren’s Lando Norris. George Russell qualified third for Mercedes after Oscar Piastri in the second McLaren had his final lap of Q3 deleted for a track limits violation.
Verstappen was first out on track at the start of Q1 and with used Soft tyres on board he set the pace at 1:06.054, with team-mate Sergio Pérez in P2. Both were shuffled back as better times came in and Verstappen dropped to sixth.
However, a second run on used tyres again jumped Verstappen to the top of the order with a lap of 1:05.336. Once again though better times began to come in and this time the Red Bull driver dropped to third behind new P1 man Carlos Sainz and second-placed Piastri.
Comfortable with their efforts, the top three chose to stay in the garage for the final runs, and though there were a slew of improvements the order at the top stayed the same. However, at the bottom of the order there was no place in Q2 for Williams’ Alex Albon who went out in P16 ahead of Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll and the Sauber’s Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu who were split by the second Williams of Logan Sargeant.
In the first runs of Q2, Verstappen, now with new tyres onboard, gave a first indication of the pace in the RB20 and he powered clear of the field with a time of 1:04.577, almost a full second clear of Leclerc whose opener had been completed on used rubber. Russell jumped ahead of the Ferrari driver but the gap only closed to 0.491. Sainz then jumped to second on fresh tyres, six hundredths of a second quicker than Russell, but there was still a yawning gap to the championship leader to overcome.
And it widened in the final runs of Q2. Verstappen improved once more, closing out the middle session with a P1 time of 1:04.469. Sainz, with only two fresh sets of Softs in reserve, chose to sit out the final runs, but when none of the Spaniard’s rivals was able to eclipse his run one time, the Ferrari driver went through in P2 ahead of Russell, Hamilton and Piastri.
Eliminated at the end of Q2 were RB’s Daniel Ricciardo, with the 11th-placed Australian missing out on the top-10 shootout by just 0.015s, along with Haas’ Kevin Magnussen, Alpine’s Pierre Gasly, the second RB of Yuki Tsunoda and Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso.
In the first runs of Q3, Verstappen shaved four hundredths of a second off his Q2 best to take provisional pole, 0.351s ahead of Norris who slotted into second ahead of Russell and Leclerc who was on used tyres. In the final runs Verstappen was untouchable and once again he improved, this time by over a tenth of a second to take his 40th career pole position with a lap of 1:04.314, 0.404 clear of Norris, with Russell in third place. The Mercedes man might have been beaten by Piastri but the Australian’s final flyer was deleted for a track limits violation at Turn 6 and he slid back behind Sainz, Hamilton and Leclerc, who went off at the final corner, and qualified in P7 just ahead of Pérez, Hülkenberg and Ocon.
2024 FIA Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix – Qualifying
1 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Honda RBPT 1’04.314 – –
2 Lando Norris McLaren/Mercedes 1’04.718 0.404
3 George Russell Mercedes 1’04.840 0.526
4 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1’04.851 0.537
5 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1’04.903 0.589
6 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1’05.044 0.730
7 Oscar Piastri McLaren/Mercedes 1’05.048 0.734
8 Sergio Pérez Red Bull/Honda RBPT 1’05.202 0.888
9 Nico Hülkenberg Haas/Ferrari 1’05.385 1.071
10 Esteban Ocon Alpine/Renault 1’05.883 1.569
11 Daniel Ricciardo RB/Honda RBPT 1’05.289 0.975
12 Kevin Magnussen Haas/Ferrari 1’05.347 1.033
13 Pierre Gasly Alpine/Renault 1’05.359 1.045
14 Yuki Tsunoda RB/Honda RBPT 1’05.412 1.098
15 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin/Mercedes 1’05.639 1.325
16 Alexander Albon Williams/Mercedes 1’05.736 1.422
17 Lance Stroll Aston Martin/Mercedes 1’05.819 1.505
18 Valtteri Bottas Sauber/Ferrari 1’05.847 1.533
19 Logan Sargeant Williams/Mercedes 1’05.856 1.542
20 Zhou Guanyu Sauber/Ferrari 1’06.061 1.747 -
Max Verstappen to start Sprint race on pole ahead of Lando Norris: F1 Austrian GP
Spielberg, 28 June 2024: Max Verstappen will start the Sprint at the Red Bull Ring from the front of the grid after the championship leader beat McLaren’s Lando Norris to top spot in Sprint Qualifying but less than a tenth of a second.
At the start of SQ1, after Lewis Hamilton had his first lap of 1:06.416 deleted for track limits at Turn 6, it was George Russell who set the early pace with a lap of 1:06.765.
Verstappen soon beat that, however, and the Dutchman stole top spot with a lap of 1:05.690, 0.074 ahead of the Mercedes driver. Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz sat in third place, ahead of Norris, with Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll in fifth ahead of the second Ferrari of Charles Leclerc.
The order at the top remained static in the final runs, but at the other end of the timesheet there was no place in the second session for RB’s Daniel Ricciardo who was bumped from P15 into the drop zone by a good final lap from Alpine’s Pierre Gasly who jumped to P11, two places ahead of the fortunate Lewis Hamilton who managed to recover to P13 thanks to a lap of 1:06.504.
Ricciardo was edged out just over two hundredths of a second behind team-mate Yuki Tsunoda who had a lurid off on his final flying lap when he put a wheel into the new gravel strip at the exit of Turn 9 and spun through the run-off at the final corner. The Japanese driver was able to recover, however, and progressed in P15.
Eliminated along with Ricciardo were Haas’ 17th-placed Nico Hülkenberg, Kick Sauber’s Valtteri Bottas, Williams’ Alex Albon in P19 and the last placed second Kick Sauber of Zhou Guanyu.
Verstappen and Red Bull team-mate Sergio Pérez were first on track at the start of SQ2 and Verstappen set the pace at 1:05.186, with Pérez crossing the line more than half a second behind.
That left the door open for Russell to take second place with a lap of 1:05.325 and he was followed by McLaren’s Oscar Piastri who took third ahead of Sainz, Leclerc, Hamilton and Norris, who shuffled Pérez, down to eighth place. With the first runs completed, the Mexican was the last man to have posted a time, with the remaining drivers targeting a single run in the session.
The top four drivers elected to stay in the pit lane for the final runs and with Leclerc, Hamilton, Norris and Pérez all failing to improve or backing out of their final runs it became a battle for the final two SQ3 spots.
And it was Alpine that made the best of the final laps. Esteban Ocon went through in eighth place with a lap of 1:05.686, just over three hundredths of a second behind Pérez. Gasly took the final SQ3 spot 0.071s behind team-mate Ocon.
Behind them, out went Haas’ Kevein Magnussen in P11 along with the Astons of Stroll and Alonso in P12 and P13 respectively, while Tsunoda exited in 14th ahead of Williams’ Logan Sargeant.
Brinkmanship in SQ3 saw all 10 drivers hold station in their garages until the last possible moment and with drivers seeking a gap to the car in front, it meant that the last in the queue were in danger of not having enough time to make it round to start a final flyer.
That was the case for Charles Leclerc. The Ferrari was one of the last in line and when his car went into anti-stall in the pit lane he was halted long enough to then take the chequered flag first as he tried to start his final flying lap.
Ahead, it was Norris who looked to have enough pace to take top spot with the McLaren driver jumping to P1 three tenths clear of team-mate Oscar Piastri. All day long, though, Verstappen had just enough in the tank to edge ahead of the Briton and it was the case once again as the championship leader to P1, 0.093 clear of his chief rival.
Behind the top three Russell was fourth ahead of Sainz, with Hamilton in sixth. Pérez finished seventh in the second Red Bull, with Ocon in P8 ahead of Gasly and the unfortunate Leclerc.
2024 FIA Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix – Sprint Qualifying
1 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Honda RBPT 1:04.686 – –
2 Lando Norris McLaren/Mercedes 1:04.779 0.093 0.144
3 Oscar Piastri McLaren/Mercedes 1:04.987 0.301 0.465
4 George Russell Mercedes 1:05.054 0.368 0.569
5 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1:05.126 0.440 0.680
6 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:05.270 0.584 0.903
7 Sergio Pérez Red Bull/Honda RBPT 1:06.008 1.322 2.044
8 Esteban Ocon Alpine/Renault 1:06.101 1.415 2.187
9 Pierre Gasly Alpine/Renault 1:06.624 1.938 2.996
10 Charles Leclerc Ferrari – – –
11 Kevin Magnussen Haas/Ferrari 1:05.806 1.120 1.731
12 Lance Stroll Aston Martin/Mercedes 1:05.847 1.161 1.795
13 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin/Mercedes 1:05.878 1.192 1.843
14 Yuki Tsunoda RB/Honda RBPT 1:05.960 1.274 1.970
15 Logan Sargeant Williams/Mercedes – – –
16 Daniel Ricciardo RB/Honda RBPT 1:06.581 1.895 2.930
17 Nico Hülkenberg Haas/Ferrari 1:06.583 1.897 2.933
18 Valtteri Bottas Sauber/Ferrari 1:06.725 2.039 3.152
19 Alexander Albon Williams/Mercedes 1:06.754 2.068 3.197
20 Zhou Guanyu Sauber/Ferrari 1:07.197 2.511 3.882 -
Verstappen holds off Norris to win Spanish GP; Hamilton takes first podium of the year
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen seized an early lead and held off a determined late-race charge from pole sitter Lando Norris to take a third consecutive Spanish Grand Prix win ahead of the McLaren driver, as Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton claimed his first podium of the year with third place.
Norris made a poor start from pole and though the lead was stolen by Mercedes’ George Russell in Turn 1, Verstappen quickly closed on and took the lead at the start of lap three. Norris slipped to third but charged back in the closing stages to beat both Mercedes and then put pressure on Verstappen in the final laps. The Dutchman was able to resist, however, and he crossed the line 2.2 seconds ahead of the McLaren man to take his seventh win of the season.
“Lando and McLaren were very, very quick today,” Verstappen admitted . “But I think we did everything well. We drove quite an aggressive strategy, and luckily it paid out till the end. It was quite close till the end, but very happy to win here.”
When the lights went out at the start, Verstappen made a good start from the clean side of the track, but as he powered towards Turn 1 he was squeezed towards the edge of track by Norris who got away badly. The tussle between the two allowed fourth-place starter George Russell to swoop around the outside of both to take the lead in Turn 1.
Verstappen reacted quickly and as Norris slipped to third, the Red Bull driver tucked in behind the Mercedes man and when DRS was activated the Red Bull drivers moved to the outside and swept past the Briton to take the lead. With the lead secured, Verstappen began to carve out a small gap and by lap 10 he was two seconds clear of Russell.
Russell was the first of the frontrunners to box at the end of lap 15 but the Mercedes driver’s switch to Mediums was slowed by a problem with the right rear wheel and he dropped to seventh place.
Verstappen made his first stop, also for Mediums, on lap 18 and after a 1.9s halt and he rejoined in fourth, behind Norris, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and the second McLaren of Oscar Piastri who had yet to stop. Verstappen quickly reeled in Piastri and on lap 21 he powered past the McLaren to take P3, just over seven seconds behind Leclerc.
Norris, though, was trying to eke out a tyre advantage over the Mercedes driver and Verstappen and when he pitted at the end of lap 24 for Medium tyres he emerged in P6 behind Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz. Leclerc was the last of the leaders to pit and once all the frontrunners settled into their second stint, Verstappen took the lead once more, almost six seconds clear of Russell, with Hamilton in third ahead of Sainz and Norris.
Norris had fresh tyres, however, and on lap 27 he used DRS to power past Sainz to take fourth place, nine seconds behind race leader Verstappen. The McLaren driver’s next target was Hamilton and he powered past the Mercedes under DRS on lap 32. Then after a lap-long battle with Russell on lap 35, Norris at last muscled his way through to take P2, nine seconds behind Verstappen.
Norris then began to close in on Verstappen, and as the race hit two thirds distance the gap shrank to below five seconds. The race leader made his second visit to the pit lane on lap 44 and after a good 2.8s switch for new Soft tyres Verstappen rejoined in third place, behind Leclerc.
Norris, in the lead and in clear air, was told it was his chance to build a gap and over the following laps the McLaren driver pushed his advantage over Verstappen to more than 17 seconds. The champion responded though and on lap 46 he pumped in a race fastest lap to stay in touch.
Norris made his final stop at the end of lap 47 and in a 3.6s stop he took on Soft tyres and as Verstappen swept back into the lead the McLaren driver just managed to stay ahead of the Mercedes cars to slot into second place, eight seconds behind race leader Verstappen.
Verstappen was told that the McLaren driver was “pushing hard, not saving tyres, all corners” and over the following two laps the gap between the leaders fell to 5.7 seconds and with 15 laps left Verstappen was told he needed to “push to the end”.
The champion responded and over the final 10 laps he did enough to keep Norris at bay and to take a controlled seventh win of the season, 2.2 seconds clear of the McLaren and with Hamilton a further 15 seconds back in third. Place.
Fourth place went to Russell, with Leclerc in fifth ahead of team-mate Sainz. Piastri took seventh in the second McLaren and after a three-stop race Sergio Pérez passed Pierre Gasly in the closing stages to take eighth place ahead of the Alpine driver and his team-mate Esteban Ocon.
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Lando Norris takes pole ahead of Max, Lewis: F1
Barcelona, 22 June 2024: Lando Norris beat F1 world championship leader Max Verstappen by the tiny margin of two hundredths of a second to take the second pole position of his career in qualifying for the 2024 FIA Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix. Behind the top two, Lewis Hamilton scored his best qualifying position since last year’s US Grand Prix with third place.
At the start of Q1 Sergio Pérez set the early pace thanks to a lap of 1:13.090, almost seven tenths of a second clear of RB’s Daniel Ricciardo. Verstappen then lowered the benchmark by another seven tenths as he claimed top spot with a lap of 1:12.306. The Red Bull drivers were then split by McLaren’s Oscar Piastri who took P2 five hundredths of a second ahead of Pérez. And then, as the opening sequence of runs came to an end, Verstappen was bumped out of P1 by Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc who took top spot just under five hundredths of a second ahead of the Dutchman.
In the final runs Of Q1 Leclerc, Verstappen, third-placed Norris and P4 driver Carlos Sainz stayed in their garages for the final flyers, but further back Pérez, who had dropped to P10 as better times came in was forced to make another attempt. His lap of 1:12.477 boosted him to P8 and into to Q2.Hamilton meanwhile, used his final flyer to good effect, claiming P1 with a lap of 1:12.143.
There was no place in Q2, however, for Haas’ Kevin Magnussen who was knocked out in P16 ahead of the RBs of Yuki Tsunoda and Daniel Ricciardo and the Williams cars of Alex Albon and Logan Sargeant.
At the start of Q2, Pérez was the first of the frontrunners across the line and once again he set the early benchmark, this time at 1:12.270. That was swiftly beaten by Alpine’s Pierre Gasly and by the McLaren pair of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, but it was Verstappen who put in the best opening time, with the title leader taking P1 thanks to a lap of 1:11.653, two tenths clear of Norris and third-placed Sainz. Piastri dropped to fourth ahead of Leclerc and Mercedes’ George Russell, while Pierre Gasly took seventh ahead of Pérez.
As the second runs got underway, Hamilton who had been languishing in P15 jumped to second place and when Kick Sauber’s Valtteri Bottas also jumped into the top 10, Pérez fell to P10 and was on the brink of exit. Once again, though, the Red Bull driver clawed his way forward and his final lap of 1:12.054 put him eighth ahead of the Alpines of Gasly and Esteban Ocon.
At the top of the order, Verstappen again sat out the final runs and this time the champion’s opening run time was good enough to hold onto top spot ahead of the Mercedes pair of Hamilton and George Russell.
Ruled out after Q2 were Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso in P11 followed by Bottas, Haas’ Nico Hülkenberg, the second Aston of Lance Stroll and the second Sauber of Zhou Guanyu.
In keeping with the rest of the session Pérez was out early in Q3, though this time on used Soft tyres. That meant his first time of Q3 was slower than his Q2 times and he ended the opening runs in P9.
Verstappen, though, was powering ahead and he set the benchmark at 1:11.673, a tenth ahead of Norris who was looking likeliest to challenge the Dutchman’s bid for a 40th career pole. The task looked daunting when Verstappen upped the pace even further in his final run and dropped the provisional pole time to 1:11.403. Norris was up to the challenge though and in the final seconds the McLaren driver found more pace to claw his way ahead of the champion by the tiny margin of two hundredths of a second.
“It was pretty much a perfect lap,” said Norris of his first pole since the 2021 Russian Grand Prix. “You know you’re on a good lap when you’re getting excited but the whole thing went perfectly in the end. So, close, still, but super, super happy. One of my, I’d say, my best pole positions. I’ve not had many but out of the ones I’ve had, my best.”
Verstappen was left with a 67th career front row ahead of the Mercedes cars of Hamilton and Russell. Leclerc was fifth for Ferrari ahead of team-mate Sainz, while Gasly took a welcome seventh for Alpine ahead of Pérez, Ocon and Piastri. However, with a three-place grid penalty from Canada coming his way for tomorrow, Pérez will starts the race in Barcelona from P11 on the grid.
2024 FIA Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix – Qualifying
1 Lando Norris McLaren/Mercedes 1:11.383 – –
2 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Honda RBPT 1:11.403 0.020 0.028
3 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:11.701 0.318 0.445
4 George Russell Mercedes 1:11.703 0.320 0.448
5 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:11.731 0.348 0.488
6 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1:11.736 0.353 0.495
7 Pierre Gasly Alpine/Renault 1:11.857 0.474 0.664
8 Sergio Pérez Red Bull/Honda RBPT 1:12.061 0.678 0.950
9 Esteban Ocon Alpine/Renault 1:12.125 0.742 1.039
10 Oscar Piastri McLaren/Mercedes – – –
11 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin/Mercedes 1:12.128 0.745 1.044
12 Valtteri Bottas Sauber/Ferrari 1:12.227 0.844 1.182
13 Nico Hülkenberg Haas/Ferrari 1:12.310 0.927 1.299
14 Lance Stroll Aston Martin/Mercedes 1:12.372 0.989 1.385
15 Zhou Guanyu Sauber/Ferrari 1:12.738 1.355 1.898
16 Kevin Magnussen Haas/Ferrari 1:12.937 1.554 2.177
17 Yuki Tsunoda RB/Honda RBPT 1:12.985 1.602 2.244
18 Daniel Ricciardo RB/Honda RBPT 1:13.075 1.692 2.370
19 Alexander Albon Williams/Mercedes 1:13.153 1.770 2.480
20 Logan Sargeant Williams/Mercedes 1:13.509 2.126 2.978 -
Max Verstappen overcomes rain and safety cars to take a special victory: Canadian GP
Montreal, 9 June 2024: Max Verstappen navigated rain showers and Safety cars, and made the right call on a move to slick tyres to take his third straight Canadian Grand Prix win at the end of an enthralling race at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Second place went to McLaren’s Lando Norris, while George Russell took Mercedes’ first podium of the year with third.
“It was a pretty crazy race. A lot of things were happening, and we really had to be on top of our calls,” said Verstappen afterwards. “As a team, we just did really well today. We remained calm. I think we pitted at the right time. Of course, the Safety Car worked out nicely for us, but even after that, I think we were managing the gaps quite well. I love it. That was a lot of fun. Those kind of races, you need them once in a while.”
When the lights went out at the star, pole sitter Russell got away poorly on the wet track and for a moment it looked like Verstappen might steal the lead on the run to Turn 1. However the Mercedes driver recovered and he held the lead through the following corners ahead Verstappen, Norris and the second McLaren of Piastri.
Rain then began to fall and while bulk of the field tiptoed around on Inters, Haas’ Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hülkenberg, who had gambled on full wets, began to charge through the order.
By lap six Magnussen had climbed from 14th on the grid to fifth place and was putting pressure on Piastri. Hülkenberg, meanwhile, was in P8 after starting from 17th and he was all over the back of Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes.
However, after seven laps the shower halted. The Intermediate runners began to find more pace and the Haas drivers’ brief cameo came to a swift end as Magnussen pitted and Hülkenberg’s march slowed.
At the front, after 10 laps, Russell held a 1.2s advantage over Verstappen who had pulled out a nine-second gap to Norris. Verstappen then began to reel in Russell and the tussle allowed Norris to narrow the gap. And when Max went wide at Turn 1 at the start of lap 18, it suddenly became a three-way fight.
At the end of lap 20 the Dutch driver was ambushed by Norris who powered past under DRS on the run to the final chicane. The McLaren driver then passed Russell at the same place. The Mercedes driver tried to fend off the attack but as Norris took the lead Russell was forced to cut the chicane and as he rejoined, Verstappen swept past to take second place.
On lap 25, Williams’ Logan Sargeant spun into the barriers in Turn 4 and the Safety Car was deployed. Norris was immediately picked up by the SC and stayed out on track. However, Verstappen, Russell and Piastri pitted, with all three fitting new Intermediates. McLaren brought Norris in at the end of the following lap, but the delay behind the SC cost the Briton dearly and as he exited the pit lane Max powered past to take the lead ahead of Russell, with Norris slotting into third.
When the Safety Car left the track Verstappen held his held butat the end of lap 41, Alpine’s Pierre Gasly sparked a move to slick tyres. Hamilton was the first of the leaders to switch, and at the end of lap 45 Verstappen pitted, fitting Mediums. Norris, however, stayed on track to try the overcut and at the end of lap 47 the Briton made his move.
Norris’ stop was solid but he rejoined just as Verstappen was entering Turn 2 and the Duxcthman was able to power into the lead. Then, as Norris struggled to get temperature into his tyres, Russell also closed in and when Norris went marginally wide at the hairpin on lap 49, the Mercedes driver passed the McLaren on the way to the final chicane. On lap 51 though, Russell ran wide and jumped the kerb and Norris was able to slide past to take P2 again.
Soon after, Carlos Sainz made a mistake in Turn 6 and as he spun he hit the Williams of Alex Albon. Both were forced out of the race and with Albon’s car stuck by the barrier the SC was deployed again.
Verstappen again controlled the restart well and with the lead secured he quickly dropped the McLarens.
Thereafter, it was comfortbale for the championship leader and with Norris locked in second and with Russell, Piastri and Hamilton squabbling over third, the champion took the flag for his sixth win of the season.
Behind the top two the battle was more fierce. Russell and Piastri clashed, resulting in the Mercedes driver dropping behind team-mate Hamilton.
Hamilton got past the struggling Piastri and in the final stage Russell passed both to claim a hard-won podium finish. Hamilton was left with fourth place ahead of the second McLaren, while Fernando Alonso claimed sixth place ahead of Aston Martin team-mate Lance Stroll. Daniel Ricciardo took a solid eighth place for RB ahead of Alpine’s Pierre Gasly and the final point went to the Frenchman’s team-mate Esteban Ocon.
2024 FIA Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix – Race
1 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Honda RBPT 70 1:45’47.927
2 Lando Norris McLaren/Mercedes 70 1:45’51.806 3.879
3 George Russell Mercedes 70 1:45’52.244 4.317
4 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 70 1:45’52.842 4.915
5 Oscar Piastri McLaren/Mercedes 70 1:45’58.126 10.199
6 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin/Mercedes 70 1:46’05.437 17.510
7 Lance Stroll Aston Martin/Mercedes 70 1:46’11.552 23.625
8 Daniel Ricciardo RB/Honda RBPT 70 1:46’16.599 28.672
9 Pierre Gasly Alpine/Renault 70 1:46’17.948 30.021
10 Esteban Ocon Alpine/Renault 70 1:46’18.240 30.313
11 Nico Hülkenberg Haas/Ferrari 70 1:46’18.751 30.824
12 Kevin Magnussen Haas/Ferrari 70 1:46’19.180 31.253
13 Valtteri Bottas Sauber/Ferrari 70 1:46’28.414 40.487
14 Yuki Tsunoda RB/Honda RBPT 70 1:46’40.621 52.694
15 Zhou Guanyu Sauber/Ferrari 69 1:46’41.455 1 lap /53.528
Carlos Sainz Ferrari 52 1:19’48.472 Accident damage
Alexander Albon Williams/Mercedes 52 1:19’49.040 Accident
Sergio Pérez Red Bull/Honda RBPT 51 1:18’30.768 Accident damage
Charles Leclerc Ferrari 40 1:04’03.308 Retirement
Logan Sargeant Williams/Mercedes 23 36’04.519 Accident -
Leclerc takes emotional home win in Monaco; Perez in a big crash: Monaco F1
Monte Carlo, 26 May 2024: Charles Leclerc took an emotional Monaco Grand Prix win to become the first Monegasque driver to win his home race in the history of the Formula 1 championship. The Ferrari driver put in a controlled performance on the streets of his home town to finish ahead of McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and the second Ferrari of Carlos Sainz at the end of a race largely defined by an explosive crash on the opening lap that removed Red Bull’s Sergio Pérez and the Haas cars of Nico Hülkenberg from the race. Elsewhere, championship leader Max Verstappen finished in sixth place.
“No words can explain that,” Leclerc said after the race. “It’s such a difficult race, I think the fact that twice I’ve been starting on pole and I couldn’t make it makes it a lot better.
“It was a difficult race emotionally, because already 15 laps from the end you’re hoping nothing happens. I was thinking a lot more to my dad than a lot more when I was driving. At first, we had quite a lot of margin but there was 78 laps to do. There was a big portion of the race where I had to manage the gap with George, but then I could push a lot more.”
When the lights went out at the start, pole-sitter Leclerc got away well to lead the field into Sainte-Devote. Behind him, McLaren’s Oscar Piastri was put under pressure by Carlos Sainz and as the pair went into Turn 1, Piastri clipped Sainz’s left-front tyre. Nursing a puncture, Sainz was forced to take the escape road as they went into Casino Square.
Further back, chaos was unfolding. Starting from 16th on the grid, Pérez started slowly and was swamped by both Haas drivers, who had made good starts after being relegated to the back row following disqualification from qualifying due to rear wing infringements.
On the run up the hill, Pérez moved to the middle of the track to defend his position. Behind him, to his left, Nico Hülkenberg back away from any challenge but on the right, Kevin Magnussen tried to push past. He clipped Pérez’s right rear wheel and the Mexican was pitched into a violent collision with the barriers and then both Haas cars.
Thanks to the strength of the survival cell and the wheel tethers, the Red Bull driver was able to quickly climb out of the wrecked tub but with debris scattered over a long stretch of the track, and with another incident occurring at Portier as the Alpines of Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon clashed, the race was immediately red flagged. Ocon was later handed a 10-second time penalty for colliding with his team-mate, a sanction that will be converted to a five-place grid drop next time out in Montreal.
After an almost 45-minute delay the race resumed with a standing start and in the original order, with Sainz lucky to have another opportunity to race. The red flags also provided an opportunity to switch tyres, and targeting a long run to the finish, the front four moved to Hard tyres. Behind them, Hard tyre-starters George Russell and Max Verstappen were forced to switch to Mediums for the new start.
When the lights went out, the pack all got away cleanly and Leclerc took the lead ahead of the front runners who lined up in starting order.
The Monegasque driver quickly settled into a rhythm ahead of Piastri, Sainz and Norris. Further back, though, Russell was heavily managing his Medium tyres and he drifted to six seconds behind fourth-placed Norris.
The Mercedes driver’s slow pace meant that for McLaren the tantalising prospect of a gap large enough to pit and drop into began to come into view. It meat that Leclerc began to managed his pace, backing the field up to keep them in touch with Russell.
The race then became a cat-and-mouse contest as The Ferraris backed the McLarens toward Russell, while the Mercedes driver tried to preserve his tyres and keep Verstappen at bay.
At the end of lap 51, Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton, who had a healthy gap back to RB’s Yuki Tsunoda, pitted from seventh and rejoined in the same position. That freed Red Bull to pit Verstappen and after a 2.1s stop for Hard tyres he again took up sixth place ahead Hamilton. With fresh tyres onboard Verstappen began to rattle off fastest laps and he closed on Russell quickly enough to deny the Mercedes driver a pit stop in response. Russell was forced to respond to the Dutchman’s pace and that in turn closed the window for McLaren to take on new tyres and potentially pressure the Ferraris at the finish.
Leclerc settled into management mode and after 78 laps the Ferrari driver took the chequered flag to become the first Monegasque driver in the championship era to win his home grand prix seven seconds clear of Piastri with Sainz taking the final podium position just behind the Australian.
Norris took fourth ahead of Russell, Verstappen and Hamilton, while Tsunoda took a solid eighth place. Behind them, Alex Albon took Williams’ first points of the season with ninth place and Gasly recovered after his early collision to finish tenth and take the final point on offer.
2024 FIA Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix – Race
1 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 78 2:23’15.554
2 Oscar Piastri McLaren/Mercedes 78 2:23’22.706 7.152
3 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 78 2:23’23.139 7.585
4 Lando Norris McLaren/Mercedes 78 2:23’24.204 8.650
5 George Russell Mercedes 78 2:23’28.863 13.309
6 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Honda RBPT 78 2:23’29.407 13.853
7 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 78 2:23’30.462 14.908
8 Yuki Tsunoda RB/Honda RBPT 77 2:23’55.041 1 lap /39.487
9 Alexander Albon Williams/Mercedes 77 2:24’09.606 1 lap /54.052
10 Pierre Gasly Alpine/Renault 77 2:24’15.795 1 lap /1’00.241
11 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin/Mercedes 76 2:23’19.408 2 laps /3.854
12 Daniel Ricciardo RB/Honda RBPT 76 2:23’19.818 2 laps /4.264
13 Valtteri Bottas Sauber/Ferrari 76 2:23’20.042 2 laps /4.488
14 Lance Stroll Aston Martin/Mercedes 76 2:23’21.521 2 laps /5.967
15 Logan Sargeant Williams/Mercedes 76 2:23’24.580 2 laps /9.026
16 Zhou Guanyu Sauber/Ferrari 76 2:24’10.814 2 laps /55.260
Esteban Ocon Alpine/Renault 0 – Collision amage
Sergio Pérez Red Bull/Honda RBPT 0 – Collision
Nico Hülkenberg Haas/Ferrari 0 – Collision
Kevin Magnussen Haas/Ferrari 0 – Collision -
Charles Leclerc takes pole for Monaco Grand Prix
Monte Carlo, 25 May 2024: Charles Leclerc took pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix for the third time in his career, beating Oscar Piastri by 1500ths of a second as championship leader Max Verstappen’s hopes of back-to-back poles in the principality were ended by a brush with the wall at the end of Q3.
Local hero Leclerc went into qualifying having been fastest in FP2 and FP3 and though Ferrari driver said that he had not felt as confident in the opening session of qualifying the Monegasque delivered in Q3, taking provisional pole with his first run and then improving to 1:10.270 to take pole 0.154s ahead of Piastri.
“The feeling after a qualifying lap is always very special here and I’m really happy about the lap,” said Leclrc afterwards. “I know more often than not in the past, qualifying is not everything. As much as it helps a lot for Sunday’s race, we need to put everything together coming Sunday. And in the past years, we didn’t manage to do so. But we are a stronger team. We are in a stronger position. And I’m sure we can achieve great things tomorrow. And obviously, the win is the target.”
Piastri impressed with his second front row qualifying spot in succession, while Sainz improved throughout to take a third place the Spaniard felt was out of reach earlier in the weekend.
“It was an improvement for me. I’ve been struggling all weekend with confidence and feeling with the car. So overall, to step it up and be P3 was a step forward. Obviously not entirely happy because I wish I could have been fighting for pole position. But the truth is that Charles has been doing an outstanding job. The car has been amazing all this weekend and he managed to extract the most out of it.”
After the first runs of Q3 Verstappen held third place, just over a tenths of a second off Leclerc’s provisional pole time but on his final lap of the session he clattered the barrier on exit at Sainte Devote and immediately aborted his lap. He qualified sixth.
Lando Norris took fourth place for McLaren ahead of Mercedes’ George Russell, while Russell’s team-mate Lewis Hamilton finished seventh ahead of RB’s impressive Yuki Tsunoda and Williams’ Alex Albon. The top 10 shootout order was completed by Alpine’s Pierre Gasly.
Gasly’s final flying lap of Q2 bounced Alpine team-mate Esteban Ocon out of the final session, with the Ocon exiting the middle session ahead of Haas’ Nico Hülkenberg, RB’s Daniel Ricciardo, Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll, and the second Haas’ of Kevin Magnussen.
Fernando Alonso and Sergio Perez were the biggest casualties of the opening segment. Alonso dropped out in P16 ahead of Williams’ Logan Sargeant. Pérez looked ill at ease throughout and after failing to put together a strong lap at any stage in the session he exited in P18 ahead of Sauber pair Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu.
2024 FIA Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix – Qualifying
1 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:10.270
2 Oscar Piastri McLaren/Mercedes 1:10.424 0.154
3 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1:10.518 0.248
4 Lando Norris McLaren/Mercedes 1:10.542 0.272
5 George Russell Mercedes 1:10.543 0.273
6 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Honda RBPT 1:10.567 0.297
7 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:10.621 0.351
8 Yuki Tsunoda RB/Honda RBPT 1:10.858 0.588
9 Alexander Albon Williams/Mercedes 1:10.948 0.678
10 Pierre Gasly Alpine/Renault 1:11.311 1.041
11 Esteban Ocon Alpine/Renault 1:11.285 1.015
12 Nico Hülkenberg Haas/Ferrari 1:11.440 1.170
13 Daniel Ricciardo RB/Honda RBPT 1:11.482 1.212
14 Lance Stroll Aston Martin/Mercedes 1:11.563 1.293
15 Kevin Magnussen Haas/Ferrari 1:11.725 1.455
16 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin/Mercedes 1:12.019 1.749
17 Logan Sargeant Williams/Mercedes 1:12.020 1.750
18 Sergio Pérez Red Bull/Honda RBPT 1:12.060 1.790
19 Valtteri Bottas Sauber/Ferrari 1:12.512 2.242
20 Zhou Guanyu Sauber/Ferrari 1:13.028 2.758 -
Leclerc tops practice: Monaco
Home favourite Charles Leclerc took top spot in the second practice session for the 2024 FIA Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix, with the Ferrari driver beating Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton by almost two tenths of a second as Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso finished almost three tenths of a second further back in third.
Leclerc was to the fore from the first part of the second hour of practice. The Monegasque driver posted a lap of 1:12.372 on Medium tyres to bypass an early Hard tyre time of 1:13.265 set by Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen.
Leclerc then began to chip away at his own benchmark, first lowering the bar to 1m12.260s and then posting a time of 1:12.125 on the same set of medium tyres. He eventually worked his C4 best down to 1:11.573, but as the half way mark in the session neared the field began to move to C5 Soft tyres for qualifying simulations.
Verstappen got close to the Ferrari driver’s P1 time but Leclerc, with the red-banded tyres on board, further stretched his advantage, pumping a lap of 1:11.278 to consolidate his hold on top spot.
Pushing again to edge closer to the Ferrari man, Verstappen clipped the wall in Portier with the rear of his Red Bull and was forced to abort his lap.
The missed attempt left Verstappen’s P2 time vulnerable and first Alonso moved past it, with the Spanish veteran posting a time of 1:11.753 to beat the Red Bull driver by six hundredths of a second. Hamilton, who had gone quickest in the first session, then shuffled Alonso back as he claimed the runner-up spoty with a time of 1:11.466.
It meant that Verstappen was left with P4 and the Dutch driver was again unhappy with the behaviour of his RB20, at one point saying that he was “jumping around like a kangaroo” and that the balance was giving him a headache.
McLaren’s Lando Norris finished fifth, ahead of Carlos Sainz, who finished almost seven tenths adrift of Ferrari team-mate Leclerc. Lance Stroll was seventh in the second Aston Martin, a little under four hundredths of a second ahead of Sergio Pérez in the other Red Bull. Alex Albon was ninth for Williams wh9ile George Russell rounded out the top ten.
2024 FIA Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix – Free Practice 2
1 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:11.278 37 168.540
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:11.466 0.188 32 168.096
3 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin/Mercedes 1:11.753 0.475 37 167.424
4 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Honda RBPT 1:11.813 0.535 37 167.284
5 Lando Norris McLaren/Mercedes 1:11.953 0.675 35 166.958
6 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1:11.962 0.684 36 166.938
7 Lance Stroll Aston Martin/Mercedes 1:12.062 0.784 22 166.706
8 Sergio Pérez Red Bull/Honda RBPT 1:12.099 0.821 31 166.620
9 Alexander Albon Williams/Mercedes 1:12.257 0.979 38 166.256
10 George Russell Mercedes 1:12.260 0.982 30 166.249
11 Yuki Tsunoda RB/Honda RBPT 1:12.349 1.071 36 166.045
12 Oscar Piastri McLaren/Mercedes 1:12.366 1.088 35 166.006
13 Kevin Magnussen Haas/Ferrari 1:12.473 1.195 31 165.761
14 Esteban Ocon Alpine/Renault 1:12.554 1.276 34 165.575
15 Nico Hülkenberg Haas/Ferrari 1:12.569 1.291 34 165.541
16 Daniel Ricciardo RB/Honda RBPT 1:12.577 1.299 37 165.523
17 Pierre Gasly Alpine/Renault 1:12.750 1.472 35 165.129
18 Logan Sargeant Williams/Mercedes 1:12.790 1.512 36 165.039
19 Valtteri Bottas Sauber/Ferrari 1:13.057 1.779 31 164.435
20 Zhou Guanyu Sauber/Ferrari 1:13.773 2.495 32 162.840 -
Verstappen continues his winning run: F1
Imola, 19 May 2024: Max Verstappen withstood a determined late-race charge from Lando Norris to take his fifth victory of the season at the 2024 FIA Formula 1 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, with Charles Leclerc finishing third for Ferrari.
After a strong start in which Verstappen took the lead from pole and then ruthlessly controlled the bulk of the race, it looked like a third Imola win in a row was a certainty. However in the final 10 laps, the Red Bull driver’s Hard tyres began to fade badly and Norris smelled blood. However, despite the gap falling to less than a second, Verstappen held on for a hard-won victory.
“The whole race I had to push flat out,” said Verstappen. “On the Medium tyres, we were quite strong. On the Hard tyres, it was just a bit more difficult to manage, and especially the last 10 or 15 laps, I had no grip anymore. I was really sliding a lot. I saw Lando closing in. So the last 10 laps it was just flat out. I couldn’t afford to make too many mistakes. Luckily, we didn’t and I’m super happy of course to win here today.”
When the lights went out at the start, Verstappen got away well to take the lead from pole as the field powered into the Tamburello chicane. Behind the top two Leclerc held third place ahead of the second Ferrari of Carlos Sainz and McLaren’s Oscar Piastri.
At the front, with clear air ahead, Verstappen began to pull away from Norris and with seven laps on the board the Dutchman was almost two-seconds clear of the McLaren and as the first stint evolved the Red Bull driver worked his way to a five-second lead over Norris.
At the end of lap 23, Norris made his sole pit stop of the race and after switching to Hard tyres, the McLaren emerged behind Sergio Pérez who was running a long opening stint on Hard tyres. However, with older rubber onboard, the Mexican couldn’t keep the Briton at bay and he surrendered the position at the start of the following lap.
Verstappen then made his pit stop and after a 2.6s switch to Hard tyres he rejoined in fourth place, behind Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton. And as new leader Leclerc, second-placed team-mate Carlos Sainz and Hamilton cycled through the pit lane for their stops Verstappen once again took the lead, 6.3s ahead of Norris.
Behind the top two Leclerc was again third, but Piastri had undercut the late-stopping Sainz to steal fourth place. Pérez, meanwhile, was now in sixth place on starting Hard tyres and with his pace flagging he soon dropped back to eighth behind the Mercedes drivers.
At the end of lap 37 Pérez at last headed into the pits to move to Medium tyres and though he initially dropped back to his starting position of 11th, the pace advantage afforded his new Medium tyres allowed to swiftly reel in the drivers ahead.
On lap 39 he powered past the RB of Ricciardo and a lap later 40, with aid of DRS, breezed past Hülkenberg on the run to Tamburello. His next target was the second RB of Tsunoda and on lap 43 he again used DRS to steam past the Japanese driver on the pit straight to move up to P8.
At the front, things appeared to be going smoothly for Verstappen but with 10 laps remaining he came on team radio to complain that “my tyres don’t work” and over the following laps a 6.0s gap to Norris crumbled to four and then two seconds.
Despite the limitations, Verstappen stayed cool and though the gap dropped towards DRS range in the final three laps, the champion held on to take the chequered flag just 0.7s ahead of the McLaren.
With Norris second and Leclerc taking the final podium position, fourth place went to Oscar Piastri with the Australian driver finishing ahead of Sainz and the twin Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell.
Pérez then crossed the line in P8 to take four points at the end of a good recovery from 11th place at the start. Ninth place went to Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll and the final point was claimed by Tsunoda.
2024 FIA Formula 1 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix – Race
1 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Honda RBPT 63 1:25’25.252
2 Lando Norris McLaren/Mercedes 63 1:25’25.977 0.725
3 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 63 1:25’33.168 7.916
4 Oscar Piastri McLaren/Mercedes 63 1:25’39.384 14.132
5 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 63 1:25’47.577 22.325
6 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 63 1:26’00.356 35.104
7 George Russell Mercedes 63 1:26’12.406 47.154
8 Sergio Pérez Red Bull/Honda RBPT 63 1:26’20.028 54.776
9 Lance Stroll Aston Martin/Mercedes 63 1:26’44.808 1’19.556
10 Yuki Tsunoda RB/Honda RBPT 62 1:25’43.108 1 lap /17.856
11 Nico Hülkenberg Haas/Ferrari 62 1:25’50.529 1 lap /25.277
12 Kevin Magnussen Haas/Ferrari 62 1:25’51.686 1 lap /26.434
13 Daniel Ricciardo RB/Honda RBPT 62 1:25’52.913 1 lap /27.661
14 Esteban Ocon Alpine/Renault 62 1:26’09.159 1 lap /43.907
15 Zhou Guanyu Kick Sauber/Ferrari 62 1:26’10.185 1 lap /44.933
16 Pierre Gasly Alpine/Renault 62 1:26’14.967 1 lap /49.715
17 Logan Sargeant Williams/Mercedes 62 1:26’16.303 1 lap /51.051
18 Valtteri Bottas Kick Sauber/Ferrari 62 1:26’21.595 1 lap /56.343
19 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin/Mercedes 62 1:26’40.376 1 lap /1’15.124
Alexander Albon Williams/Mercedes 51 1:13’07.729 Withdrew
