On the afternoon of April 9, Beijing time, the F1 Australian Grand Prix Saturday qualifying race officially ended at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne. Leclerc won the pole position, which is also the first time that Ferrari has won the pole position in Melbourne, Australia since 2007, Verstappen second, and Perez third.
The third free practice competition
Before the race, for safety reasons, the FIA canceled the DRS between turns 8-9, and the DRS area on the track was reduced from the original 4 to 3 sections. Before DRS detection point 1 is moved to Turn 9, detection point 2 remains unchanged.
Three-training for 40 minutes left, Hamilton rushed out of the track at Turn 11 and slightly touched the guard wall. Immediately afterwards, Vettel rushed into the gravel area at Turn 10, racing lost control and hit the wall, and the race showed a red flag.
Vettel hits the wall
3 practices for more than half, and the game resumes. Alonso temporarily ranked first with the score of 1:20.119, Sainz second, Ricardo third, and Perez and Bottas ranked fourth and fifth respectively.
race resumed
Vistapan slipped after making a turn 13. He said he could not know the reason for the slip, and it was difficult to feel the balance of the car at this moment, and he was not very smooth in the subsequent practice.
Verstappen lost control
10 minutes left in the game, Norris scored 1:19.117, ranking first in the game.
3
The last 3 minutes left in the remaining three practices, Stor rushed out of the track and hit the guardrail at Turn 11. Both cars of Aston Martin team were accidents in this practice race, and the race ended early.
Stoll hit the wall
score, Norris won the first place with his score of 1:19.117. Leclerc was second, 0.132 seconds behind. Perez was 0.148 seconds behind, with Alonso and Sainz ranked fourth and fifth. Sixth to tenth are Ricardo, Verstappen, Hamilton, Bottas and Yuuchi Kakuda.
The final result of the third free practice competition
Qualifying competition Q1
Q1 starts, and Mik Schumacher takes the lead on the track. This week's tire formula is C3 neutral tires and C5 soft tires, which are ideal tire choices for qualifying.
The first quarter qualifying start
Latifi rushed out of the track, briefly triggering the yellow flag.
Latifie's mistake
The first round of the scoring ended, Sainz temporarily ranked first, Perez second, Leclerc and Verstappen ranked third and fourth, and Norris fifth.
First round ends
Q18 minutes remaining, both Mercedes and Aston Martin Racing Cars did not make any effective results. Previously, two Aston Martin drivers had a crash.
Q1 8 minutes remaining
Russell and Hamilton ranked 9th and 11th respectively in the first timing circles, respectively, and Hamilton made a small mistake.
Two Mercedes drivers made results
Q1 2 minutes left, Zhou Guanyu upgraded his score to 14th. At this time Mick Schumacher, Alben , Magnusen, Latifie and Vettel are in the elimination zone.
Zhou Guanyu rose to 14th
red flag! Latifie and Stor collided. Latifie's racing car was seriously damaged and he quit the race. Stor's right front suspension was damaged and stopped on the side of the road. The event will investigate the accident.
Stoll collided with Latifie
During the red flag, the engineers of Aston Martin team completed the repair of Vettel's racing car, and Vettel was preparing to participate.
Vitel got into the racing
Beijing time at 14:31, Hongqi ended the race and restarted.
race restart
only last minute left before the Q1 stop table. All drivers are trying to start their own timing lap as soon as possible, and the traffic conditions on the track are a bit crowded.
The last timing loop
Alben's racing car failed and stopped on the side of the track, Q2 was postponed.
Alben parked the car on the side of the road
Q1 stop table, and the five drivers who were eventually eliminated were Alben, Magnusen, Vettel, Latifie and Stor. Zhou Guanyu once again successfully advanced to Q2!
The final result of the first quarter qualifying match
qualifying match Q2
Beijing time 14:44, starting from Q2.
Q2 start
Russell rushed out of the track in the first timing circle and triggered the yellow flag.
Russell broke out of the track
After the first round of the speeding lap, Verstappen temporarily ranked first; Alonso second; Perez third; Leclerc fourth; two McLaren drivers ranked fifth and sixth.
After the first round of the speeding round
Perez then increased his score to 1:18.340, surpassing his teammates to rise to first place. At this time, Bottas, Russell, Mick Schumacher, Kakuda Yui and Zhou Guanyu are in the elimination area.
Perez made the fastest
last round timing circle. Hamilton, who was previously in the elimination zone, raised his position to eighth and advanced thrillingly.
Hamilton successfully advanced to
Kakuda Yuki rushed out of the track in the last round of timing.
Kakuda Yuki rushed out of the track
Finally Q2 ended, Zhou Guanyu failed to achieve faster results, and both Alfa Romeo drivers stopped in Q2. The five drivers who were eliminated were Gasley , Bottas, Kakuda Yui, Zhou Guanyu and Mick Schumacher.
The final result of the second quarter qualifying match
qualifying match Q3
Q3, Verstappen took the lead in making the results, but Perez then led his teammates with an advantage of 0.001 seconds.
Perez made the fastest game
Alonso rushed out of the track at Turn 11 with regretful withdrawal.
Alonso withdrew from the competition
Almost at the same time, Leclerc ranked first with a score of 1:18.239, and the unlucky Sainz encountered the red flag before the finish line and was forced to give up this lap.
Leclerc made the fastest
race recovery. Currently, drivers are ranked Leclerc, Perez, Verstappen, Ricardo, Ocon, Norris, Hamilton, Sainz, Russell and Alonso.
match resumed
last round timing lap, Verstappen first refreshed the results to the first place, but then Leclerc made a more perfect lap and got pole position!
Leclerc's score!
In the end, Leclerc won the pole position with a time of 1:17.868, Verstappen trailed by 0.286 seconds, ranking second; Perez third; Norris and Hamilton ranked fourth and fifth; the sixth to tenth drivers were Russell, Ricardo, Ocon, Sainz and Alonso.
qualifying final result
driver interview
Leclerc: The practice race was a bit confusing for me, but I went all out in Q3 and it felt great. I'm very happy to get pole position!
Vistapan: Everything has been pretty good for me this weekend so far. I'm very happy to get second place, but from the team perspective, we want to gain more.
Perez: For tomorrow's departure, third place is a good result. Hopefully we can present a wonderful game to the fans.