The double world champion and current championship leader, max verstappenachieved this Saturday the pole position of the Spanish Grand Prix of Formula 1ahead of Spanish Carlos Sainzwhile Fernando Alonso it will leave the eighth position.
The weeks go by and seem similar for ‘Mad Max’, who once again dominated the standings and will start on Sunday for the fifth time in seven races this season, confirming the overwhelming superiority of his team.
His Mexican teammate Sergio Pérez made another mistake, which cost him a run off the track in Q2 and he will start from 11th position. After a great start to the season, ‘Checo’ Pérez multiplies his failures in recent weeks and could see the disadvantage in the standings widen.
The other big disappointment of the day was charles leclerc (Ferrari), eliminated in Q1 and will start from the last row along with American rookie Logan Sargeant (Williams).
While everyone was waiting for a coup d’état of Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin), was his compatriot Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) the one who shone and saved the honor of his team, achieving second position on the grid. On Sunday he will aim for his first podium of the season.
Alonso, who went off track in Q2, was unable to fight on equal terms after damaging the bottom of his car and could only set the ninth fastest time, behind his teammate Lance Stroll (5th), who surpassed him for the first time in the season.
Lando Norris He gave the surprise by being third at the controls of his Mclaren, which in free practice seemed to have had problems.
Mercedes had one of lime and another of sand with the fourth place of lewis hamiltonwhile his partner George Russell was twelfth. Furthermore, the two drivers collided at full speed at the end of Q2 and narrowly avoided a serious accident.
For its part, Alpine maintains its momentum. A few days after Esteban Ocon’s third place in Monaco, the French team achieved some good qualifications this Saturday. Ocon was sixth, while his teammate Pierre Gasly posted the fourth fastest time, although he received a six-place grid penalty for upsetting Sainz and then Verstappen in Q1.
Hamilton, Stroll, Ocon, Hülkenberg, Alonso and Oscar Piastri (McLaren) benefited from this sanction, who all moved up one position on the Grand Prix starting grid.
Source: Ambito
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