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That was the difference between the pair of them at the finishing line. Hamilton got a little too greedy at turn one, ran wide, and lost four-tenths of a second. He ran wide at the exit of turn 12 and bumped through the grass, but after inspecting his car Ferrari said it wasn’t damaged.įirst blood went to Valtteri Bottas when the first runs were complete in the shoot-out for pole position. Vettel made it into Q3 but not without some drama. Like Perez, he left his team mate behind in Q1.

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However another stunning lap by Lando Norris saw the McLaren driver claim a place in the final 10. They were separated by Antonio Giovinazzi, who had headed team mate Kimi Raikkonen in Q1, but fell behind at this crucial stage. Alexander Albon out-qualified Daniil Kvyat on his debut, and reckoned he would have reached the final 10 if he hadn’t hit traffic at the end of the session.

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The two Toro Rosso drivers dropped out as well. Sergio Perez’s last-gasp effort consigned Nico Hulkenberg to elimination along with Daniel Ricciardo. “I understand he was on an out-lap and he couldn’t do a lap because they left too late to do a lap.” Grosjean was told to “push now” on his radio but replied “too late”.Īdvert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-freeīoth Renault drivers came within a tenth of a second of reaching Q3 but were thwarted in the final moments of the second session. “The Grosjean incident cost us that place,” Stroll was told on the radio. He was joined by Lance Stroll, who had been quick during practice, but blamed Romain Grosjean for holding him up in Q1. However Red Bull did not send him out for another run, and as others improved their times he dropped out. Pierre Gasly also wasn’t quick enough on his first run to secure a place in the next part of qualifying.

Charles Leclerc accompanied him after switching to soft tyres. The Ferrari drivers were the only ones to use the harder medium compound tyres in the first phase of qualifying, and of them only Sebastian Vettel was quick enough on them to secure his place in Q2. Meanwhile his team mate Lando Norris produced two superb laps and grabbed a spot in Q2. Having already hit the pit wall in final practice, he clouted the barrier at turn 10 on his final run and picked up a puncture.Īs Kubica limped back in he was caught by Carlos Sainz Jnr, who blamed him for costing him time in the final sector, which saw the McLaren driver drop out in 18th. Rookie George Russell at least managed to distinguish himself by decisively out-qualifying Robert Kubica, who had a torrid day.

Neither Williams driver ever looked like lifting themselves up from the bottom two places. There was little surprise about the identity of the first two drivers who failed to make the cut for Q2.

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