The podium of the classification was completed by the British Lewis Hamilton, from Mercedes, and the Spanish Fernando Alonso, from Aston Martin.
the dutch Max Verstappenleader of the world championship of Formula 1stayed with the pole in the classification of the Australian Grand Prix and, in this way, he will start from the first position this Sunday from 2 in the morning (Argentine time) in the Albert Park street circuit in Melbourne.
“Tomorrow we have a great racing car, but it is difficult to keep the tires alive. I want to win this time in Australia“, Verstappen was excited, who in the last edition in 2022 crossed the finish line fourth.
The 25-year-old Red Bull driver, who is bidding for his third consecutive title, covered the 5,278-meter track in a time of 1:16.732. Barely 236 thousandths later, the Englishman’s Mercedes crossed the finish line George Russellwho will form the first starting row together with Verstappen.
The other Mercedes driver, Lewis Hamiltonseven-time F1 champion, came in third, while the Spanish Fernando Alonso he finished fourth in his Aston Martin. Therefore, both will start on Sunday from the second row in the third of the 23 dates of the World Cup.
“I am very happy with this. It is totally unexpected, I am very proud of the team. Being on the first two rows is a dream. I hope I can face Red Bull tomorrow. My goal for tomorrow is to get there first.“Hamilton said.
The other Spanish Carlos Sainz, for Ferrari, finished fifth. He will start from the third row next to the Canadian Lance Strollof Aston Martin.
From the fourth row they will start the Monegasque Charles LeclercSainz’s colleague at Ferrari, and the Thai Alex Albon (Williams), while in the fifth will be the French Pierre Gasly (Alpine) and German Nico Hülkenberg (Haas).
Checo Pérez, quickly eliminated
Sergio “Checo” Perezwho is second in the World Cup, just one point behind his teammate Verstappen, was quickly eliminated by accident in the first round (Q1) of qualifying.
Specifically, the Mexican lost control of his Red Bull car in the third of the 14 corners of the circuit. The crash forced the red flag to be brought out to interrupt the round, since a crane had to enter to remove the vehicle.
With information from EFE.
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