Monegasque Charles Leclerc The Formula One World Championship leader (Ferrari) will start first this Sunday at the Australian Grand Prix, the third of the season, taking place at the semi-urban Albert Park circuit in Melbourne.
Leclerc, 24, took the 5,303 meters of the Australian track in one minute, 17 seconds and 868 thousandths in qualifying this Saturday, signing his eleventh career pole position (second of the year) and He will start from the front row with the Dutchman Max Verstappen. (Red Bull) will start second at 286k.
from second place will start Mexican Sergio Pérez (Red Bull), third and British Lando Norris (McLaren).
Spanish carlos sainzLeclerc’s teammate at Ferrari will join the race from ninth position in fifth place, along with his fellow Asturian double champions. Fernando AlonsoWith 6:58 remaining in the third and final round (Q3), he will start tenth after his crash with his Alpine – without significant physical consequences – and interrupt the session for a few minutes.
Alonso, who scored a fifth partial goal in the first two laps and ‘flying’ in the second sector, suffered a hydraulic problem in the eleventh of the circuit’s fourteen corners that caused him to over-brake and lose control of his car, his left front damaged when he hit the wall.
Fernando’s red flag indirectly hurt Carlos – fourth in Q1 and second in Q2 – as Carlos, who had a few meters to cross the finish line on the first try, saw his time canceled and had trouble starting his car, delaying his entry to the track. face your final round.