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F1 Qatar GP: Verstappen beats Russell to seize pole after large turnaround
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F1 Qatar GP: Verstappen beats Russell to seize pole after large turnaround

By Miles Cooper November 30, 2024
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F1 Qatar GP: Verstappen beats Russell to seize pole after large turnaround

Max Verstappen took his first System 1 pole since June after headlining Qatar Grand Prix qualifying, after knocking George Russell off the highest of the order by 0.055s.

After a sequence of struggles throughout the dash periods, Crimson Bull unearthed further tempo to compete for the quickest time in qualifying, and Verstappen praised the turnaround in fortunes over the radio after clinching pole.

Russell had set the tempo on the opening excursions of Q3 with a 1m20.575s, however his personal efforts to enhance on his second lap of the ultimate session ended after dropping time within the second and third sectors. This opened the gate for Verstappen, who scorched to a 1m20.520s to chip 0.055s out of Russell’s benchmark.

Verstappen nonetheless has an investigation pending with the stewards having been pinged for apparently surpassing the utmost allowed laptime on certainly one of his sighter laps.

Dash winner Lando Norris took third on the grid as McLaren appeared to drop again in qualifying versus its Friday one-lap tempo, and begins Sunday’s race alongside Oscar Piastri on the second row of the grid.

Charles Leclerc bagged fifth on the grid forward of Lewis Hamilton, because the Mercedes driver cut up the 2 Ferraris on Sunday’s grid, whereas Fernando Alonso booked himself into eighth.

Though Kevin Magnussen appeared on for ninth on the grid along with his early opening timed lap to the session, he was simply nudged right down to tenth by Sergio Perez by simply 0.075s.

Pierre Gasly was edged out of a Q3 look on the remaining blow of the whistle as he was on the receiving finish of a flurry of late enhancements for Hamilton and Alonso.

Alonso, who was but to set a lap in Q2 after aborting his earlier effort, fired his approach as much as a provisional seventh within the order along with his remaining tour. This put Hamilton into the underside 5, however the seven-time world champion swiftly responded with a lap ok for fifth.

This left Gasly out of luck, having been simply 0.012s shy of Perez on the opposite facet of the cut-off line. He was nonetheless away from Zhou Guanyu, who appeared energised by Sauber’s upgrades and clinched twelfth on the grid – two tenths away from team-mate Valtteri Bottas.

Yuki Tsunoda was 14th as RB was nonetheless apparently quick on tempo in Qatar, as Lance Stroll was additionally eradicated within the intermediate qualifying stage.

Alex Albon was dropped into the underside 5 on the climax of Q1 by Tsunoda, who crept above the cut-off line regardless of having not set a private greatest sector in any of the three splits across the Losail circuit.

Not like Tsunoda, Liam Lawson couldn’t escape the drop zone on his remaining tour, however outqualified sprint-race points-scorer Nico Hulkenberg. The German obtained an apology over the radio from race engineer Gary Gannon, who famous that the staff hadn’t “received the softs proper”.

Franco Colapinto and Esteban Ocon additionally earned early exits from qualifying after propping up the order in Q1.

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Jake Boxall-Legge

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