Crunch time at Silverstone. After a wet Qualifying session, Carlos Sainz will try to defend the first pole of his life in the premier category of motorsport. For this, he will have to deal with miuras like Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc. The Red Bull rider has been really strong all weekend and looks like the favorite to win today, while the Monegasque has more potential than he showed yesterday when he made a decisive mistake on his last attempt at Qualy. Also, Mercedes’ men can be guests of luxury and fish in a troubled river once once more. Make yourself comfortable and don’t hesitate to join us for our live broadcast of the 2022 Formula 1 British Grand Prix!
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Checo will start fourth in the British GP; Sainz takes pole half time
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Carlos Sainzof Ferrariin the final turn of the Q3managed to end the dominance of Max Verstappenof Red Bullto get your first pole position in Formula 1, the same as in this 2022 season, so tomorrow it will start first in the British Grand Prix, tenth close of the Bell.
While, Verstappenwho is in the lead Drivers’ World Cupwill start second, because he might not maintain his millimetric handling, right in the final breath and then the Iberian overtook him.
And, in the second line, also with the prancing Horse and the Red Bull as protagonists, they will have in Charles Leclerc y Sergio “Checo” Perez to the midfielders who will start in positions three and four, respectively.
The man from Guadalajara, who was not so confident on the track, although he was more than on Friday, as happened with the majority, to close the classification he managed to get on top of Lewis Hamiltonof Mercedeswho by the way, is local.
Mad Max takes Q1
For the Q1in which the cut is only five, since the first 15 pass, the Mad Max He was the one who showed himself to be the fastest, so he slipped into the lead.
Meanwhile, Ferrari, with Leclercseconded it and the third was George Russell, as the representative of the home team; fourth was Sainz and fifth Hamilton.
In the case of Czechthis one might sneak in like sixthfollowing in the Practice 3 had been second.
And the note was given by the many times disastrous Nicholas Latifibecause the Canadian, sweeping himself, managed to Williams the last ticket.
Latifi, on another level
Latifi, acclimatized to the rain, was undoubtedly the character of the qualyWell, just the same, scratching the asphalt, he slipped in as tenth for Q3.
And at the top, with Max Equally lordly, he got in first and behind him Hamilton, Leclerc and Sainz; Pérezalthough not with the ease that he would have liked, at least he was able to sneak in eighth, over the limit and then close as fourth at the start.
Sainz takes his first F1 pole position – Qualifying Report – British GP
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Unforgettable day for Carlos Sainz. In the rain and on a legendary track, he achieved his first pole position in F1 following 150 Grand Prix. Following him will be Max Verstappen from Red Bull and his teammate at Scuderia Ferrari, Charles Leclerc.
Analysis free tests of the British GP 2022:
The session had a very interesting development thanks to intermittent rain, which added a touch of emotion and drama. Since qualifying began, the duel was between Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc, in a heads-up that lasted until the end of the session. However, Carlos Sainz was the antagonist of this duel, which gives him an important result and shows that his level as a pilot continues to rise.
With a time of 1:40.983, the Spaniard beat Max Verstappen by 0.072s, following the Dutchman made a couple of mistakes, as did the Monegasque Charles Leclerc.
Given the dry conditions for tomorrow’s race, a great rivalry will undoubtedly open up between the aforementioned drivers. This is joined by Sergio “Checo” Perez from fourth place, followed by the renewed ‘silver arrows’ of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, who is classified in fifth and eighth place respectively.
McLaren had its main representative, the British Lando Norris in sixth position, while the Australian Daniel Ricciardo suffered the same fate when he was eliminated in Q2 in fourteenth place.
The Spanish Fernando Alonso once once more demonstrated his conditions in the rain and obtained seventh place. His teammate Esteban Ocon qualified fifteenth.
The Chinese driver Guanyu Zhou made a great presentation as he was the only representative of Alfa Romeo in Q3. He qualified ninth, while his experienced teammate Valtteri Bottas was twelfth.
Without a doubt, it was also an unforgettable day for Nicholas Latifi, who advanced to Q3 for the first time with the limited Williams. With a set-up focused on the rain, the Canadian moved forward and this gave him tenth position. However tomorrow will be the big sacrifice with a different setup on his car. Meanwhile Alex Albon with the updates was out in Q1 in sixteenth place.
An evolution had the pilots of AlphaTauri regarding the training sessions. Pierre Gasly qualified eleventh and Yuki Tsunoda thirteenth.
The bottom four positions were swapped between the Haas and Aston Martin drivers, led by Kevin Magnussen, followed by Sebastian Vettel, Mick Schumacher and Lance Stroll.
Tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. the British Grand Prix race will start with LIVE broadcast of F1Latam.com.
These were the results of the session:
| Qualifying – British GP |
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| Pos. | Pilot | Escudería | Nac. | Weather | Gap | session | Event |
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| 1 | C. Sainz | Ferrari | ESP | 1:40.983 | -.— |
Q3 |
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| 2 | M. Verstappen | Red Bull | NLD | 1:41.055 | +0.072 |
Q3 |
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| 3 | C. Leclerc | Ferrari | MON | 1:41.298 | +0.315 |
Q3 |
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| 4 | S. Perez | Red Bull | MEX | 1:41.616 | +0.633 |
Q3 |
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| 5 | L. Hamilton | Mercedes | GBR | 1:41.995 | +1.012 |
Q3 |
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| 6 | L. Norris | McLaren | GBR | 1:42.084 | +1.101 |
Q3 |
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| 7 | F. Alonso | Alpine | ESP | 1:42.116 | +1.133 |
Q3 |
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| 8 | G. Russell | Mercedes | GBR | 1:42.161 | +1.178 |
Q3 |
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| 9 | G. Zhou | Alfa Romeo | CHN | 1:42.719 | +1.736 |
Q3 |
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| 10 | N. Lafiti | Williams | CAN | 2:03.095 | +22.112 |
Q3 |
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| 11 | P. Gasly | AlphaTauri | FROM | 1:43.702 | +2.719 |
Q2 |
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| 12 | V. Bottas | Alfa Romeo | FIN | 1:44.232 | +3.249 |
Q2 |
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| 13 | Y. Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | JAP | 1:44.311 | +3.328 |
Q2 |
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| 14 | D. Ricciardo | McLaren | OUT | 1:44.355 | +3.372 |
Q2 |
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| 15 | E. Ocon | Alpine | FROM | 1:45.190 | +4.207 |
Q2 |
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| 16 | A. Albon | Williams | THIS | 1:42.078 | +1.095 |
Q1 |
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| 17 | K. Magnussen | Haas | FROM | 1:42.159 | +1.176 |
Q1 |
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| 18 | S. Vettel | Aston Martin | BUT | 1:42.666 | +1.683 |
Q1 |
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| 19 | M. Schumacher | Haas | BUT | 1:42.708 | +1.725 |
Q1 |
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| 20 | L. Stroll | Aston Martin | CAN | 1:43.430 | +2.447 |
Q1 |
Binotto: “The improvement in performance is paid for in reliability”
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Defeated, yes. Concerned, too. But not downcast. This is how things are at Ferrari.
Mattia Binotto wants answers and will investigate what has happened in Baku. He goes far beyond zero points for the constructors’ title, his drivers not finishing the race. The four cars that did not finish all had motors Ferrari.
“Until today we have taken many steps forward and now we have run into a problem that we must solve,” Binotto stressed.
“At the beginning of the season we did not get excited and now we are not going to get down. It is clear that the performance improvement of the power unit has been enormous compared to last year. We are paying for it with a reliability that is not 100% and to win, the reliability must be perfect, not only of the engine but of the whole car”, commented the boss of the Italian team.
Charles He broke the engine when he was in charge of the race and had a lot of chances to win. Kevin Magnussen abandoned due to engine problems in his Haaswhich lost power. Guanyu Zhoucon Alfa Romeowas the first withdrawn from the race, called by the team when detecting a breakdown. Carlos Sainz It was due to a hydraulic problem.
“We don’t know the cause of Charles’s engine failure. We have to analyze and understand. The smoke tells us it was an engine problem. Is it something we had in the past? I don’t think so. We need to analyze it and also the engine problems. Sainz and our clients,” Binotto said.
But the doubt persists. Leclerc already broke the MGU-H and damaged the turbo in Barcelona and now this second episode takes place, two Grand Prix later. Already in the preseason there were some problems with the engine. The cause must be investigated to prevent it from recurring.
Binotto believes that the investigation will take time. “I don’t think that by looking at the telemetry we will find the answer. Engine components will be shipped to Maranello and disassembled to see what went wrong and try to understand why.
“Is it something that depends on quality, reliability, anything else or use? I don’t know yet, but when you have so many reliability problems, obviously we have to worry,” said the Ferrari boss.
Binotto wanted to point out that during the past year and this winter “a lot of effort was put into the power unit, which was completely redesigned. Our engineers have done a fantastic job. But that also means that we still have little experience with it and that We still need to make progress on reliability.”
“We have a good potential for improvement ahead of us,” he insisted. But this incident will perhaps slow down the planned developments in the engine. This may be more serious than the fact that Leclerc and Sainz have to penalize positions in some races, since at the end of the season, the development of the engines will be frozen… until 2026, when a new regulation comes into force.