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Q3 ends. Verstappen takes pole with 1.27.472, followed by Leclerc, three tenths behind, Pérez and Alonso, very close. In Q2 Bearman, Sainz’s replacement, Albon, Magnussen, Ricciardo and Hülkenberg were eliminated. Nico Hülkenberg had run out of power with less than 11 minutes left and the red flag came out. In Q1, the Sauber, Alpine and Logant Sargeant, eliminated. Max Verstappen had led free practice 3 this Friday. The Formula 1 World Championship continues with the second race of the championship, after Max Verstappen’s overwhelming victory during the season opener in Bahrain. Now, in Saudi Arabia, drivers like Checo Pérez, Fernando Alonso or Charles Leclerc will try to snatch a victory from the Dutch champion, who has already warned that he is as strong as last season.

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Formula 1 Saudi Arabia GP schedules

Saturday March 9:

Where to watch the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

All sessions of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix (free practice, qualifying and race) can be followed through DAZN, a streaming platform that has the rights to broadcast Formula 1 in Spain.

Classification Results

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Alonso: “Happy with the weekend, fast in the time trial, fast in one lap but not in long runs. On this circuit you have to go close to the walls. We are the fifth team”

This is how Fernando Alonso’s return ended, in which he was narrowly unable to surpass Leclerc and Pérez.

Alonso is fourteen thousandths behind Checo Pérez, and 0.055 behind Charles Leclerc. Apart from Max Verstappen, the other top three positions have been very close.

Fernando Alonso has finally achieved fourth place. Leclerc and Pérez, second and third

Sorting ends. Verstappen comes first

All drivers with new tires. Two minutes left.

Five minutes left: From first to tenth: Verstappen, Pérez, Alonso, Leclerc, Russell, Piastri, Norris, Stroll, Hamilton and Tsunoda

Alonso, happy: “it’s a good return, let’s try it again,” he comments on the radio.

The pilots make their first times. Verstappen smashes the stopwatch with a 1.27.472, followed by Pérez and Alonso.

Verstappen, Leclerc, Alonso, Piastri, Russell, Pérez, Norris, Tsunoda, Stroll and Hamilton remain.

Q3 begins, from which the driver who will occupy the pole will emerge.

Alonso has painted two sectors purple in this Q2

Q3 about to start. Leclerc and Alonso, those closest to taking pole position from Vestappen. The Asturian achieved his last first place in the classification in Germany 2012.

Q2 ends. Bearman (Sainz’s replacement), Albon, Magnussen, Ricciardo and Hulkenberg, eliminated.

Alonso stays in the box, calm. He is currently second, just 0.044 behind Verstappen.

There are two minutes left in Q2. Hamilton, on the verge of being eliminated.

Piastri fails to overtake Leclerc and places 4th.

Leclerc is placed third, one tenth behind the Dutchman. Pérez, fourth at 4 tenths and Stroll, at 5 tenths

The head of the classification is very close. Verstappen is placed first with 1.28.078, and Fernando Alonso, second, just 4 thousandths behind.

The session resumes after the red flag.

Until now, only the McLaren, Mercedes and Magnussen had set a time. Haas driver Hulkenberg has run out of power.

Red flag, session stops. Hulkenberg, in trouble.

Q2 is about to begin. Concentration faces on the pilots.

The Sauber, Alpine and Sargeant, eliminated in Q1.

Leclerc places first with 1.28.318 with two minutes remaining in Q1

With the current situation, less than five minutes away, Alpine, Sauber and Logan Sargeant would be eliminated

Hamilton, with soft tires, in eighth place. Russell, 4th, two tenths behind Verstappen’s mark.

Alonso, two tenths behind the Dutchman, third.

Verstappen places first, with 1,28,491

Piastri, first with 1.28.755, and his teammate Norris, second at 50 thousandths

Leclerc places second and does not surpass Alonso in his first attempt, at 0.128.

Hamilton, currently 6th, 4 tenths behind the Asturian. He and his partner, Russell, the only ones who have come out with medium tires

Alonso places first at 1.28.876 in his first lap.

The cars hit the track! Norris, the first to make his return

Let’s remember that Carlos Sainz is out due to appendicitis. Oliver Bearman will be his replacement.

Welcome to the Saudi Arabia GP qualifying live! Max Verstappen will seek to repeat the pole he achieved in Bahrain.

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2024-03-08 18:51:51
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