May 12, 2018

F1 Quals: Spain 2018

A threat of rain hung over the circuit as the clock began its countdown on "GoFast Day" at Barcalounger.  It never came, but the qualifying result was interesting nevertheless... here's the provisional grid for the 2018 Grand Prix of Spain:


Pos
Driver Car Q1 Q2 Q3
1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:17.633 1:17.166 1:16.173
2 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:17.674 1:17.111 1:16.213
3 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:17.031 1:16.802 1:16.305
4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:17.483 1:17.071 1:16.612
5 DH Verstappen Red Bull Racing
1:17.411 1:17.266 1:16.816
6 Smiley Ricciardo Red Bull Racing 1:17.623 1:17.638 1:16.818
7 DP Magnussen Haas Ferrari 1:18.169 1:17.618 1:17.676
8 Fernando Alonso McLaren Renault 1:18.276 1:18.100 1:17.721
9 Carlos Sainz Renault 1:18.480 1:17.803 1:17.790
10 Lettuce Grosjean Haas Ferrari 1:18.305 1:17.699 1:17.835
11 Stoffelwaffle McLaren Renault 1:18.885 1:18.323
12 Pierre Ghastly Toro Rosso Honda 1:18.550 1:18.463
13 False Esteban! Force India Mercedes 1:18.813 1:18.696
14 Charles AMX-30 Sauber Ferrari 1:18.661 1:18.910
15 Sergio Perez Force India Mercedes 1:18.740 1:19.098
16 Nico Hulkenberg Renault 1:18.923

17 Sony Ericsson Sauber Ferrari 1:19.493

18 Sergey,  Sir Otkin Williams Mercedes 1:19.695

19 Pleasant Stroll Williams Mercedes 1:20.225


You'll note only 19 cars listed.  The 20th, Brendan Hartley's Toro Rosso, had a unfortunate vehicle/barrier interface right at the end of Practice 3 and the team could not get the car back together in time for Quals.

To be fair, the rear of the car was still attached until the workers picked it up.  THEN it fell off.

I'm not entirely sure how the two Mercs ended up on the front row, since at no time during the practice sessions or the other two Qualy periods did they look faster than the Ferraris.  Well, that and my DVR timed out with two minutes left in the session.  Apparently ESPN does not designate Formula 1 as "sports", thus not activating the automatic "extra hour" mode on my DVR.  Anyway, I've not seen the final runs of Q3 because of that.  I'm not gonna go out of my way to find 'em, either.  I'm grumpy that way.

So, an interesting grid for Sunday's race... let's see how it goes!

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