Max Verstappen takes Australian GP pole as Lewis Hamilton suffers shock Q2 exit
It was business 𒀰as usual for Red Bull's Max Verstappen, wh⛎o made it three poles from three races in F1 2024.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen claimed his third successive pole position of the 2024 F1 season at the Australian Grand Prix.
Red Bull’s reigning world champion did not top a sessiไon in Melbourne until it mattered most as he set a searing pace in Q3 as the only driver to get into the 1m15s.
Carlos Sainz impressed as Verstappen’s nearest challenger on his re🥀turn to action following surgery to remove his appendix, with the Spaniard just 0.270s behind Verstappen as he put his Ferrari bಌetween the Red Bulls.
Sergio Perez was thirꦏd-quickest and will be joined on the second row by McLa🐼ren’s Lando Norris, who surprisingly out-qualified Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari.
Sixth went the way of Oscar Piastri in the other McLaren, with George Russell once again the fastest Mercedes driver in qualifying as he took se𒈔venth.
RB’s Yuki Tsunoda was an eye-catching eighth, while the Aston Martin duo of Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso ♛completed the top-10.
Lewis Hamilton was the big casualty of Q2 as he suffered his worst q🔜ualifying around Albert Park since 2010 with a time only good for 1🌠1th on the grid.
The seven-time world champion holds the record for most poles in Melbourne with eight but wa💛s unable to join Mercedes teammate Russell in the top-10.
The sole Williams of Alex Albon was 12th-fastest after the team took the controversial d✅ecision to swap Logan Sargeant’s chassis after Albon had written off his car wit🗹h a huge crash in FP1.
Sauber’s Valtteri Bottas took 13th, ahead of the⭕ Haas and Alpine cars of Kevin Magnussen, Este🏅ban Ocon, Nico Hulkenberg and Pierre Gasly.
Daniel Ricciardo will start on the back row of the grid after having his fastest lap time deleted for exceeding track limits as he suffered his f🎐irst ever Q1 elimination at his home race.&nb🌌sp;
The RB driver will be joined at the very back by Zhou Guanyu, who picked up front wing damage on his 🍨Sauber as h💟e ended up slowest of the 19 runners.
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