July 07, 2018
F1 Quals: Britain 2018
A sunny day greeted the assembled tea-drinkin' hordes at Silverstone today, and with it came even hotter track temperatures than we had last week... remember, the race that saw tires blistering after only a few laps? As a result of the nearly 130ºF surface temps, times were a little slower than expected today... how got effected? Here's the provisional grid for the 2018 Grand Prix of Britain:
Pos |
Driver | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1:26.818 | 1:26.256 | 1:25.892 | |
2 | 1:26.585 | 1:26.372 | 1:25.936 | |
3 | 1:27.549 | 1:26.483 | 1:25.990 | |
4 | 1:27.025 | 1:26.413 | 1:26.217 | |
5 | 1:27.309 | 1:27.013 | 1:26.602 | |
6 | 1:27.979 | 1:27.369 | 1:27.099 | |
7 | 1:28.143 | 1:27.730 | 1:27.244 | |
8 | 1:28.086 | 1:27.522 | 1:27.455 | |
9 | AMX-30 | 1:27.962 | 1:27.790 | 1:27.879 |
10 | 1:28.279 | 1:27.843 | 1:28.194 | |
11 | 1:28.017 | 1:27.901 | ||
12 | 1:28.210 | 1:27.928 | ||
13 | 1:28.187 | 1:28.139 | ||
14 | 1:28.399 | 1:28.343 | ||
15 | 1:28.249 | 1:28.391 | ||
16 | 1:28.456 | |||
17 | waffle | 1:29.096 | ||
18 | 1:29.252 | |||
NC | DNF |
Nobody, really... or everybody equally. Take your pick. What we got was a Quals session that saw the Lewis Hamilton take pole by 44/1000ths of a second, and the top three covered by just a touch more than 1/10th of a second. Easily the closest quals we've had all year.
Sadly, Pleasant Stroll beached himself in after only a few minutes in Q1 and didn't finish a lap. Similarly, Brendan Hartley missed out on Quals altogether after a rather brutal high-speed accident in Practice 3 when his front suspension snapped under braking. He's okay, but Toro Rosso couldn't repair the car in time.
Teams are saying that a two-stopper is quite possible because of the heat, so we might have some interesting times tomorrow. F1U! sometime afterwards... having dinner with Vaucaunson's Duck... so see you then!
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