The Briton George Russell has secured the pole position for the Formula 1 night race in Singapore with a track record.
The Mercedes pilot referred a little surprisingly world champion Max Verstappen in Red Bull to second place on Saturday afternoon in a close qualification at Marina Bay Street Circuit. Third was the World Cup leader Oscar Piatri in the favorite McLaren.
Qualifying was disappointing for McLaren-Pilot Lando Norris. The World Cup second did not get past fifth place, so it has to be chase in the 18th season race on Sunday (2 p.m./live ticker at Sportschau.de). In front of him, Kimi Antonelli (Italy) landed in the second Mercedes. Record world champion Lewis Hamilton and his Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc (Monaco) drove to places six and seven.
Hülkenberg misses Q3 wafer -thin
Nico Hülkenberg took eleventh place in the clean racing car, after leaving the third qualification section by 65 thousands of seconds on the tight fine.
In the overall World Cup ranking, defending champion Verstappen, after two victories, is the third as third as the third still 69 points behind the leading Piatri.
Review wing not according to the regulations – both Williams disqualified
The two Williams pilots Alex Albon (12th) and Carlos Sainz (13th) were disqualified after qualifying. According to Formula 1, the rear wings of the cars corresponded “not to the technical regulations”. Williams have “The results of the measurement fully “ accepted. Albon (Thailand) and Sainz (Spain) start from the tenth and last row.