Ferrari will occupy the first row in Miami! Pole position for Leclerca – F1sport.cz

Qualifying for the historically first Miami Grand Prix took place at high temperatures. The track was over 50 ° C. Unlike training, however, she did without an accident or interruption.

Esteban Ocon has to change his chassis after an accident in the last practice and thus did not enter the qualification. Therefore, only four riders finished in the first part – Magnussen, Chou, Albon and Latifi. The Haas rider did not have a team radio, and Chou paid for the traffic in the end.

Alonso, Russell, Vettel, Ricciardo and Schumacher then advanced to the third part.

In the first attempts of the third part, the Verstappen came first. Together with the Ferrari drivers, they were in one-tenth of a second. In the second attempt, Verstappen drove off the track in the first sector and had to give up the bike. Ferrari drivers have improved. Sainz beat Verstappen’s first time by 5,000ths, Leclerc even more.

Ferrari will occupy the first row at the start, Red Bull the second. Bottas, who will be in fifth place, drove well.

Starting grid

The third part of the qualification

23:00: Leclerc first, Ferrari has the first row!

23:00: Verstappen did not succeed the first sector.

22:57: Second attempts …

22:53:

1. Ver
2. Lec
3. Sai
4. Per
5. Bot
6. Ham
7. Nor
8. Cun
9. Str
10. Gas

22:52: Verstappen first, Leclerc +0,064, Sainz +0,080.

22:50: The third part is here.

The second part of the qualification

22:41: Alonso, Russell, Vettel, Ricciardo and Schumacher will not advance.

22:40: Mercedes and Verstappen in the pits and Russell got it!

22:34: And Leclerc goes to first place by 0.072 s ahead of Verstappen.

22:30: Ferrari drivers are losing, but they have set their times on already used tires. Now they set out on new ones.

22:30:

1. Ver
2. Per
3. Sai
4. Lec
5. Ham
6. Nor
7. Msc
8. Bot
9. Ric

22:25: The second part of the qualification begins.

The first part of the qualification

22:19: Magnussen, Chou, Albon, Latifi will not advance.

22:17: Hamilton is in fifth place.

22:14: Leclerca was surprised that the engineer reminded him to turn on the limiter in the pits.

22:13: Alonso kissed the wall …

22:12: Hamilton’s position is not surprising. In one lap he made a mistake in the seventh turn, in the next in the fifteenth. He will have to put it together better.

22:12: Gasly reported some problems with the car, but the boxes say he can’t see anything from the data.

22:11: Hamilton until 16.

22:10: Leclerc takes the lead, Sainz second.

22:08:

1. Ver
2. Per
3. Rus
4. Sai
5. Chou
6. Ric
7. Lec
8. Alo
9. Msc
10. Nor
11. Cun
12. Ham
13. Mag
14. Str
15. Gas
16. Lat
17. Alb
18. Vet

22:06: At the head of Verstappen with a significant lead over Pérez. Russell third.

22:01: The Haas riders were the first to start, but more are coming right away. And good news for Ferrari fans – on the track and Sainz.

22:00: Qualification begins.

21:55: Ferrari mechanics work intensively on Carlos Sainz’s car.

21:54: The track temperature has increased even more. It was 50 ° C in training, now it is three degrees higher.

21:54: In each of the sessions so far, we’ve seen an accident and red flags. How will it be in qualifying?

21:51: We will see 19 riders in the qualification. Esteban Ocon has a damaged chassis after an accident in the last training session and will not enter the qualification.

21:50: Welcome to the online transfer from the Miami GP 2022 qualifiers.