The company of the Canadian of Williams for the first time in his career in Q3 and the Chinese of Alfa in front of the noble Bottas: passed, rejected, curiosity about the qualifications of the British GP
The first, historic, pole position of Carlos Sainz. The Spaniard arrives at the grand prix number 151 in his career, even if at Silverstone the coveted away from the first pitch will be the 150th, because at Spa 2020 he qualified but did not start the race. Only Sergio Perez took more races to get to the first pole: 214.
A latifi never seen
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The Latifi you don’t expect: enters Q2 as it hasn’t happened to him since Sochi 2021, that is, from 15 grands prix. And then, just in the weekend in which he learned that next year his seat will go to Oscar Piastri, he qualifies for the first time in his career to Q3. All beating for the second time this season. Alex Albon. However, in the race it will be the first time that he will start in front of his Thai teammate, because the only time Latifi had done better than him in qualifying was at Imola, on Friday: but then in the Sprint Qualifying Albon had finished 18th. and Latifi 19th. “Today I got where I wanted, and I’m happy for the team. I want to be realistic, this is not our position, but maybe the conditions will make the race a kind of race for survival. And then I’ll have to take advantage of the opportunity “
Lewis still beats george
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Lewis Hamilton equalizes the score in qualifying: for the second time in a row he does better than George Russell and now the partial is 5-5. For the young rookie in Mercedes, after three good starts between the second and third row, the second consecutive in row three is expected. It is not an easy home race.
Infinite Nando
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In the race for the Alpine, the partial clearly in favor of Esteban Ocon (7-2) remains, but in qualifying Fernando Alonso has beaten his team-mate for the fourth consecutive time (and we are 7-3 for him).
What an effort the Alphatauri
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The involution of the AlphaTauri continues, and consequently of Pierre Gasly. That last year he finished out of the top ten in qualifying in 4 out of 22 GPs. This year, with today, we are 6 out of 10. he keeps ahead of Tsunoda (we are 7-3), but far from the best.
Rescue Zhou
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For the third race in a row Zhou Guanyu did better than Valtteri Bottas in qualifying. The much more experienced Finn had made 7-0 in the first qualifying (to which must be added the best placement in the Sprint of Imola).
Ouch Ahi Haas
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Badly for the Haas, both out in Q1. With Kevin Magnussen for the eighth time out of ten faster than Mick Schumacher. Except that in Canada the Dane had been 5th in qualifying, today he finished 17th, his worst placement of the season
Aston Martin chasm
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Lance Stroll had never been last in qualifying in his career. He also started 20th in Melbourne, but following an accident with Latifi in Q1. Not that Sebastian Vettel fared much better: he is 18th, even if he accused a miscalculation for which he unexpectedly took the flag for a few seconds when he thought (hoped) he could do another lap of Q1.
02 July 2022 – 23:58
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