Dutch pilot maximum verstappen (Red Bull) signed pole for the race Bahrain Grand PrixAfter dominating the qualifying session in front of teammates Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) and the Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, the first round of the Formula 1 World Cup, the Spaniard Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) will start fifth on an exciting weekend.
The reigning world champion, with a time of 1:29.708, is 20. gorgeous and very tight Q3, where he beat Mexican ‘Checo’ Pérez, who will accompany him on the front row of the grid, by a tenth. Second place will feature Monegasque Leclerc and Madrid, who finished less than three-tenths behind. Carlos Sainz is fourth with 0.446.
Alonso who invites optimism After leading Free Training 2 and 3confirmed the good vibes and will start fifth out of ten, all ahead of the Mercedes of British George Russell and Lewis Hamilton. Thus, up to four teams will have real options to fight for victory this Sunday.
At Sakhir’s downfall, the Ferraris were one of the first to hit the track on the middle tyre, and Monegasque Charles Leclerc’s car waved the first red flag in Q1 after losing some of its parts and getting stuck on the track. 1. Braking of the bend. The Red Bulls and McLarens, who had already made their way on the soft track, were the biggest losers due to the session suspension, while Fernando Alonso was still the judge of both the second and third free practice sessions. didn’t come out of the garage
The action continued on the track a few minutes later and soon time began to fall. Asturian beat Dutch Max Verstappen’s (Red Bull) reference time of 1:31,158 in the first round, and British George Russell and Leclerc also beat him.
But, It was Carlos Sainz who managed to rise to the top. French Pierre Gasly (Alpine), Danish Kevin Magnussen (Haas), Australian Oscar Piastri (McLaren), Dutch Nyck de Vries (AlphaTauri) and also American Logan Sargeant, who was excluded at the same time as British Lando Norris (McLaren), who was rescued for doing it earlier ( Williams).
cars headed to Q2 with used tireand the Red Bulls were the first to downgrade Sainz. Leclerc took the lead with a stunning 1:30.282 ahead of ‘Mad Max’ on the timeline and two Mercedes that were the big surprises in the classification. Norris, who is fifth behind his teammate Sainz and sixth behind Alonso, said goodbye to Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) of Finland, Guanyu Zhou (Alfa Romeo) of China, Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) of Japan and Alex Albon (Williams) of Thailand. Fight after failing to cut.
Everything would be decided. sure no one is hiding anything Q3. Verstappen was the first to show his cards, stopping the clock at 1:29.897. Leclerc, one tenth behind, got out of the car after adjusting his time, and Sainz tried to improve his with a new soft tyre. The defending champion still had time to improve (1:29.708), ‘Checo’ Pérez was very close to one-tenth. Leclerc and Sainz took third and fourth place respectively, and Alonso confirmed their wishes with a fifth starting position just ahead of Mercedes.