June 23, 2018
F1 Quals: France 2018
Wow, did this day get away from me! Here's the provisional grid for the 2018 Grand Prix of France:
Pos |
Driver | Car | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:31.271 | 1:30.645 | 1:30.029 |
2 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:31.776 | 1:31.227 | 1:30.147 |
3 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:31.820 | 1:30.751 | 1:30.400 |
4 | DH Verstappen | Red Bull Racing |
1:31.531 | 1:30.818 | 1:30.705 |
5 | Smiley Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing |
1:31.910 | 1:31.538 | 1:30.895 |
6 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:31.567 | 1:30.772 | 1:31.057 |
7 | Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:32.394 | 1:32.016 | 1:32.126 |
8 | Charles AMX-30 | Sauber Ferrari | 1:32.538 | 1:32.055 | 1:32.635 |
9 | DP Magnussen | Haas Ferrari | 1:32.169 | 1:31.510 | 1:32.930 |
10 | Lettuce Grosjean | Haas Ferrari | 1:32.083 | 1:31.472 | DNF |
11 | False Esteban! | Force India |
1:32.786 | 1:32.075 | |
12 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 1:32.949 | 1:32.115 | |
13 | Sergio Perez | Force India |
1:32.692 | 1:32.454 | |
14 | Pierre Ghastly | Toro Rosso |
1:32.447 | 1:32.460 | |
15 | Sony Ericsson | Sauber Ferrari | 1:32.804 | 1:32.820 | |
16 | Meatloaf Alonso | McLaren Renault | 1:32.976 | ||
17 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso |
1:33.025 | ||
18 | Stoffelwaffle | McLaren Renault | 1:33.162 | ||
19 | Sergey, Sir Otkin | Williams Mercedes | 1:33.636 | ||
20 | Pleasant Stroll | Williams Mercedes | 1:33.729 |
No huge surprises at the top of the grid. Paul Ricard is the sort of circuit that rewards high horsepower, and for all its imagined faults, the Merc engine is still the best out there. It stands to reason that they'd be on pole.
What REALLY makes no sense is the Sauber of Charles AMX-30 making it into Q3, and legitimately outpacing Haas for 8th. That's quite the accomplishment for a team as down on their luck as Sauber... this AMX-30 kid looks to be quite good, y'know?
There's a decent chance of rain during the race tomorrow... let's hope so, it'll liven up a race that's looking like a snoozer... Paul Ricard is a great test track, but for racing it appears to be missing a certain something. And it causes headaches, too.
Race in the morning, F1U! after. See ya then!
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Well...you might ask K-Mag if he thinks he was legitimately outpaced, or if he instead thinks that his relatively poor showing can be directly related to another driver's senility...but yeah, Leclerc is definitely impressive!
Posted by: Mrs. Will (Kathryn) at June 24, 2018 06:06 PM (JPRju)
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