Monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), leader Formula 1 World Championshipit will start first this sunday Australian Grand Prix, the third of the season taking place at the semi-urban track of Albert Park in Melbourne, where Mexican Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) will start third; and Spanish carlos sainz (Ferrari) and Fernando Alonso (Alpine), both unlucky in the final round of the main qualifiers (Q3), will make it from the fifth place.
Leclerc, 24, took the eleventh pole position of his career – second of the year – this Saturday, dominating the qualifying laps with 5,303 meters of the Australian circuit in one minute, 17 seconds and 868 thousand. It will start from the first row next to Dutch Max Verstappen (Red Bull) is the defending world champion with 286k to start second.
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Leclerc’s Ferrari teammate, Sainz, will race in fifth place, ninth, along with his fellow Asturian double champions. Fernando Alonso, who will start tenthHe interrupted the session for several minutes after an accident with Alpine at 6:58, with no major physical consequences, with the third and final lap (Q3) remaining.
Alonso scored the fifth set in the first two laps. ‘flying’ hydraulic problem in second sector This caused him to over-brake on the eleventh of the track’s fourteen corners and lose control of his car, which damaged his left front piece when it hit the wall.
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This Fernando’s red flag indirectly hurt Carlos -fourth in Q1 and second in Q2- saw his time canceled with a few meters to cross the finish line on the first try; and then he had trouble starting his car, delaying his entry to the track for his final lap, so he couldn’t warm up the tires properly.
- Charles Leclerc 01:17.868
- Max Verstappen 01:18.154
- Sergio Perez 01:18.240
- Lando Norris 01:18,703
- Lewis Hamilton 01:18.825
- George Russell 01:18.933
- Daniel Ricciardo 01:19.032
- Esteban Ocon 01:19.061
- Carlos Sainz 01:19.408
- Fernando Alonso 01:19.192.