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F1 Qatar GP: Leclerc beats Norris and Piastri to prime solely apply session
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F1 Qatar GP: Leclerc beats Norris and Piastri to prime solely apply session

By Miles Cooper November 29, 2024
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Charles Leclerc led the best way in Components 1’s sole Qatar Grand Prix apply session to guide each McLarens on the prime of the order.

The Monegasque posted a 1m21.953s to sit down 0.425s away from Lando Norris’ greatest lap, because the Briton nudged forward of team-mate Oscar Piastri on the ultimate timing screens.

The opening 45 minutes of the session had been largely devoted to working on the medium tyre in preparation for the dash qualifying and race classes, whereas additionally cleansing up a dusty circuit, earlier than grand prix qualifying preparation on the delicate tyres concluded the hour.

But it was the 2 Ferraris, working on the onerous tyre, who cycled in the direction of the highest of the timing order; Leclerc ended the working on the tougher two compounds of tyres with a 1m23.419s, though was eclipsed by team-mate Carlos Sainz’s 1m23.068s.

The flurry of soft-tyre runs concluded the session, with the top-end occasions opened by Sainz’s 1m22.982s, though Leclerc discovered a 1m22.242s to firmly put this within the shade.

F1 Qatar GP: Leclerc beats Norris and Piastri to prime solely apply session

Oscar Piastri, McLaren MCL38

Picture by: Steven Tee / Motorsport Pictures

The McLarens obtained shut, as Piastri was underneath two tenths slower, though Norris discovered half a tenth on his team-mate to fit into second place.

Leclerc improved by three tenths on his second tilt at a lap on the softs, though the McLarens had been unable to get a second run getting into an effort to get nearer.

Sainz was fourth, with Yuki Tsunoda fifth as he was simply over a second behind Leclerc’s final lap. With a late effort, Valtteri Bottas set the perfect center sector en path to sixth – the Sauber driver hoping to proceed that into the remainder of the weekend to make sure he doesn’t finish the 12 months scoreless.

This was 0.03s away from Lance Stroll in seventh, who obtained forward of George Russell, Alex Albon, and Lewis Hamilton.

Just lately minted four-time champion Max Verstappen was solely eleventh quickest forward of Fernando Alonso, Nico Hulkenberg, and Liam Lawson, because the Dutchman brushed the gravel at Flip 15 on his ultimate flyer.

Pierre Gasly was granted Alpine’s sole building of its new nosecone and entrance wing, with a shorter nostril tip to detach the central a part of the wing’s mainplane. Though the Frenchman spent the sooner runs among the many front-runners, he slipped down the order in the course of the soft-tyre runs.

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