the dutch Max Verstappen (Red Bull), leader of the world, who aspires to achieve a third title in a row and who had been the fastest hours before this Saturday in the last free practice, It will be out first this Sunday in the Australian Grand Prix, the third of the Formula One World Championship, which is held at the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne.
Verstappen, 25, achieved the twenty-second ‘pole’ of his F1 career by covering the 5,278 meters of the Australian track in one minute, 16 seconds and 732 thousandths, 236 less than the English George Russell (Mercedes), who he finished second in qualifying this Saturday and will start with him from the front row. The other english of MercedesLewis Hamilton, and the Spanish Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) finished third and fourth in the main time trial, respectively, so they will start from the second row in the third of the 23 World Championship races.
The other Spanish Carlos Sainz (Ferrari), finished fifth in a qualification in which he was eliminated at the first exchangeafter having an accident -without physical consequences- in the first round (Q1), the Mexican Sergio Pérez (Red Bull), second in the World Cup, just one point behind his Dutch teammate, who leads with 44, fourteen more than Alonso, third in the championship.
Sainz He will start from the third row, next to the Canadian Lance Stroll (Aston Martin), the new partner of the Asturian double world champion, in this Sunday’s race: scheduled for 58 laps, to complete a 306.1-kilometre route.
The Monegasque Charles Leclerc, Sainz’s colleague at Ferrari, will start seventh in Melbourne: next to the Thai Alex Albon (Williams) from the fourth row.
from the fifth The French Pierre Gasly (Alpine) and the German Nico Hülkenberg (Haas) will do it; in a race that, in Spanish peninsular time, will start at seven in the morning.
Australian GP. Grille output:
1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 1’16″732
2. George Russell (Mercedes) 1’16″968
3. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1’17″104
4. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) 1’17″139
5. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) 1’17″270
6. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) 1’17″308
7. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 1’17″369
8. Alexander Albon (Williams) 1’17″609
9. Pierre Gasly (Alpine) 1’17″675
10. Nico Hulkenberg (Haas) 1’17″735
11. Esteban Ocon (Alpine) 1’17″768
12. Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) 1’18″099
13. Lando Norris (McLaren) 1’18″119
14. Kevin Magnussen (Haas) 1’18″129
15. Nyck de Vries (AlphaTauri) 1’18″335
16. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) 1’18″517
17. Gyanyu Zhou (Alfa Romeo) 1’18″540
18. Logan Sargeant (Williams) 1’18″557
19. Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) 1’18″714
20. Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) ST
