Lewis Hamilton performed excellently in the 2021 Brazilian GP F1 Qualification. The Mercedes GP driver took pole position, ahead of Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen.
After being the fastest in the first free practice session, Hamilton continued to step on the gas in the qualifying session at the Interlagos circuit, Saturday (11/13/2021) early morning WIB. Qualification is required to determine the position in the sprint race.
Hamilton led the Q1 and Q2 sessions before continuing his dominance in Q3. He was still the fastest to finish the session with a time of 1 minute 07.934 seconds, 0.438 ahead of Verstappen.
Verstappen could not improve his record time on the second chance to go down in Q3 so he had to settle for starting from second position. In third position is Valtteri Bottas who made a time of 1 minute 08.469 seconds.
Completing the top five were Red Bull Racing’s other driver Sergio Perez and Alpha Tauri’s Pierre Gasly. The Ferrari duo, Carlos Sainz Jr. and Charles Leclerc, only starting from sixth and seventh positions.
Lando Norris, Daniel Ricciardo, and Fernando Alonso are in eighth to tenth positions respectively. Even though he won pole position, Hamilton might be punished to start from the grid for allegedly abusing DRS.
The case was immediately investigated by the FIA stewards after the qualifying session.
2021 Brazilian Grand Prix F1 Qualification Results
1 Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team 1m08.733s 1m08.068s 1m07.934s
2 Max Verstappen NED Red Bull Racing 1m09.329s 1m08.499s 1m08.372s
3 Valtteri Bottas FIN Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team 1m09.040s 1m08.426s 1m08.469s
4 Sergio Perez MEX Red Bull Racing 1m09.172s 1m08.973s 1m08.483s
5 Pierre Gasly FRA Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda 1m09.347s 1m08.903s 1m08.777s
6 Carlos Sainz ESP Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow 1m09.046s 1m09.031s 1m08.826s
7 Charles Leclerc MON Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow 1m09.155s 1m08.859s 1m08.960s
8 Lando Norris GBR McLaren F1 Team 1m09.365s 1m09.030s 1m08.980s
9 Daniel Ricciardo AUS McLaren F1 Team 1m09.374s 1m09.093s 1m09.039s
10 Fernando Alonso ESP Alpine F1 Team 1m09.391s 1m09.137s 1m09.113s
11 Esteban Ocon FRA Alpine F1 Team 1m09.430s 1m09.189s
12 Sebastian Vettel GER Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team 1m09.451s 1m09.399s
13 Yuki Tsunoda JPN Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda 1m09.350s 1m09.483s
14 Kimi Raikkonen FIN Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen 1m09.598s 1m09.503s
15 Antonio Giovinazzi ITA Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen 1m09.342s 1m10.227s
16 Lance Stroll CAN Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team 1m09.663s
17 Nicholas Latifi CAN Williams Racing 1m09.897s
18 George Russell GBR Williams Racing 1m09.953s
19 Mick Schumacher GER Uralkali Haas F1 Team 1m10.329s
20 Nikita Mazepin RUS Uralkali Haas F1 Team 1m10.589s
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