Lewis Hamilton dominated the qualifying session, setting the quickest lap time within the ultimate leg with a four-and-a-half-tenth benefit over title rival Max Verstappen within the second over.
see photographsLewis Hamilton reached pole with a record-setting time of 1m20.827s on the brand new monitor
Lewis Hamilton dominated the qualifying session for the 2021 Formula 1 Qatar Grand Prix on the Losel International Circuit as he stormed to take pole place. The Mercedes driver certified with a time of 1m20.827 s to beat title rival Max Verstappen at Red Bull, whereas Valtteri Bottas within the second Mercedes claimed P3 within the ultimate run. The qualifying session, nevertheless, led to a blow for AlphaTauri driver Pierre Gasly, who completed in fourth place after a dramatic puncture and straight to the beginning of the ultimate lap. Pole place additional intensifies the duel between Hamilton and Verstappen, the latter having a 14-point benefit within the drivers’ standings. Hamilton wish to change that state of affairs in tomorrow’s race.
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Hamilton is flying!
He improves on his earlier time and stays on pole with one. 1:20.827#QatarGP # F1 pic.twitter.com/vtfhdwLsZA
– Formula 1 (@F1) November 20, 2021
While Bottas was Mercedes’ quickest driver throughout observe, Hamilton stepped up when it mattered most. Hamilton began Q3 with a time of 1m21.262s, whereas Verstappen was second with a niche of 0.162s. By the ultimate stage, the defending world champion had arrange a flying lap and claimed pole with a bonus of 4 and a half tenths of a second. He grew to become the primary driver to set a 1m20ss time and in addition the primary driver to say pole on the Losel circuit, which makes his F1 debut.
While Hamilton was on his record-setting lap, Pierre Gasly ran vast on Turn 15 earlier than the ultimate nook and bounced on raised exit curbs. The incident raised yellow flags, which meant wasting your time. Fortunately, Bottas and Verstappen nonetheless had sufficient time to complete their final laps, serving to Max to enhance on his time, whereas Bottas couldn’t enhance on his earlier run. The prime three drivers will now begin the Qatar GP on medium tyres, and so will Carlos Sainz at Ferrari.
Meanwhile, ranging from P5 Alpine’s Fernando Alonso will regardless of having skipped his ultimate Q3 lap, whereas Lando Norris at McLaren begins from P6 forward of Sainz. Alpha Tauri rookie Yuki Tsunoda strikes from P8 to prime 10 with Esteban Ocon and Sebastian Vettel.
Fernando Alonso was fifth quickest in qualifying, whereas Lando Norris set a private finest time on his ultimate lap.
Sergio Perez begins from P11, after a surprising elimination in Q2, forward of Lance Stroll at Aston Martin and Charles Leclerc at Ferrari. Both drivers confirmed a scarcity of velocity all through Q2, particularly the Leclerc which solely improved after switching to the smooth. McLaren had an analogous situation with Daniel Ricciardo forward of Williams driver George Russell.
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Alfa Romeo driver Kimi Raikkonen was eradicated in Q1 after a late stroke correction and forward of Nicolas Latifi in Williams begins from P16. In the second Alfa automotive, Antonio Giovinazzi begins on P18 and overtakes the 2 Haas vehicles of Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin.
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