Spanish pilots Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) and Fernando Alonso (Alpine) managed this Saturday to overtake their teammates and sneak into Q3 of the French Grand Prix. The Ferrari will start from fifth position, just behind the big favorites. The Asturian, meanwhile, will start ninth, between the two McLaren.
Both Sainz and Alonso confirmed their feelings and They have been able to finish ahead of their greatest rivals, their teammates; the monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) could only be seventh, while the French Esteban Ocon (Alpine) failed to advance to the final Q3 and will start eleventh.
Verstappen Brilla and Paul Ricard
Dutch driver Max Verstappen (Red Bull) achieved pole position for Sunday’s race ahead of what aims to be his greatest rival in the fight for the title, the British Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes).
For the first time since the championship was run at the Paul Ricard circuit, Hamilton was unable to take pole position and had to settle for second place on the grid. The Dutchman, for his part, adds your second first starting position, after also achieving it in Bahrain at the opening event.
As soon as the final round started, the Dutchman established a 1: 30.325 that Nobody could overcome, leaving the ‘silver arrows’ behind on the grid. “This is the best weekend in a long time, thank you very much for everything,” said the Dutchman after qualifying. “We have to finish the weekend tomorrow and recover the 25 points that we lost in Baku,” he stressed about his abandonment in the last Grand Prix of Azerbaijan.
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