Row 1 | 1. Lewis Hamilton 1’10.166 Mercedes | |
2. Valtteri Bottas 1’10.252 Mercedes | ||
Row 2 | 3. Max Verstappen 1’10.641 Red Bull | |
4. Sebastian Vettel 1’10.947 Ferrari | ||
Row 3 | 5. Kevin Magnussen 1’11.109 Haas | |
6. Daniel Ricciardo 1’11.218 Renault | ||
Row 4 | 7. Daniil Kvyat 1’11.271 Toro Rosso | |
8. Pierre Gasly* 1’11.041 Red Bull | ||
Row 5 | 9. Carlos Sainz Jnr 1’11.417 McLaren | |
10. Alexander Albon 1’11.653 Toro Rosso | ||
Row 6 | 11. Nico Hulkenberg 1’11.670 Renault | |
12. Lando Norris 1’11.724 McLaren | ||
Row 7 | 13. Romain Grosjean 1’12.027 Haas | |
14. Kimi Raikkonen 1’12.115 Alfa Romeo | ||
Row 8 | 15. Charles Leclerc 1’12.149 Ferrari | |
16. Sergio Perez 1’12.233 Racing Point | ||
Row 9 | 17. Lance Stroll 1’12.846 Racing Point | |
18. Antonio Giovinazzi** 1’12.185 Alfa Romeo | ||
Row 10 | 19. George Russell 1’13.477 Williams | |
20. Robert Kubica 1’13.751 Williams |
*Three-place grid penalty for impeding Romain Grosjean
**Three-place grid penalty for impeding Nico Hulkenberg
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mixwell (@mixwell)
25th May 2019, 15:04
The limping donkeys have done it again
DAllein (@)
25th May 2019, 15:09
Really astonishing how they keep doing mistakes.
We all know the pressure is high, but they really let panic take over… I never liked Ferrari but it is really sad to see them in such disarray.
DAllein (@)
25th May 2019, 15:14
(never liked – in the meaning – never was a fan, not that they are that bad and make me hate them)
[TR]
25th May 2019, 15:20
If anything, they seemed too relaxed about Leclerc’s position near the end of Q1 and not panicked enough!
Could they have been trying to not have both their drivers trip over each other? And, at least for now, that would come at Leclerc’s expense.
Like he said in his interview, it looked like they had enough time for him to go out comfortably.
mixwell (@mixwell)
25th May 2019, 15:36
I hear ya. Was never a Ferrari fan until recently but they keep finding new ways to disappoint
Somebody fire the strategy”experts” instead of team bosses
Jere (@jerejj)
25th May 2019, 15:05
Lower top-ten should be achievable for Leclerc at least.
Hugh (@hugh11)
25th May 2019, 15:06
That Merc had a sub 1:10 in it. They both had kinda scruffy final sectors though. Imagine if one of them had got it.
David BR (@david-br)
25th May 2019, 15:14
@hugh11 Very probably but the control needed to make it round the track as these speeds is insane, you can hardly begrudge them a bit of scruffiness.
faulty (@faulty)
25th May 2019, 15:38
The cars are wrong, their dimensions are wrong. Sure, they’re superfast and spectacular, but only when they have the track for themselves.
That’s the problem, right there. Teams figured out years ago that the most probable way to win a race was to start from the lead and so they’ve developed this formula for that, cars are fast on saturday and impassable on sunday. Bernie didn’t care about that, he was too busy sucking out the profits from the “most glamorous form of racing in the world”®, and so now, when cars are to wide, and too long, and they trip themselves in qualifying it’s somebody else’s problem. And it might not get solved.
faulty (@faulty)
25th May 2019, 15:39
I forgot to say, their engines are also wrong.
Clay
25th May 2019, 23:56
Agreed. V10/12 engines, better tyres (think Bridgestone or even the 2012 Pirellis), while I like the wide look go back to 1.8m width as it gives a bit more margin for overtaking, 95% of downforce from the floor with single element wings to balance the car, no hybrid systems at all. I’d prefer that to the processions we’ve had for the vast majority of the hybrid era.
Kingshark (@kingshark)
25th May 2019, 15:07
It must be said, if Bottas wants to win the WDC this year, he needs to maximize every weekend where Hamilton is struggling, because Lewis will come good eventually.
So far he simply hasn’t done that. He bottled the start in China and Spain, and has bottled it in Q3 today.
David BR (@david-br)
25th May 2019, 15:17
@kingshark Hamilton’s focus may well be more on the races at this point in his career. He has the qualifying record, he wants the wins for the championship and race win records. That said, I thought Bottas was maximizing everything.
nope
25th May 2019, 15:29
@kingshark
Bottas didnt bottle any of his starts, he was just starting on pole , which means he is on the slippery line at the must crucial clutch point .
DAllein (@)
25th May 2019, 15:12
Lewis is amazing.
I don’t say he was perfect today – not at all, it is still obvious he is not entirely comfortable with the car, but anyway – you could really see him dig deeper and find that time for P1. Hats off to him.
This is what makes Champions… well, Champions.
Ajaxn
25th May 2019, 15:25
Were it not for Verstappen’s Q2, actually beating the Mercedes, Mercedes might have preped for a Bottas pole.
Instead Verstappen Q2 time forced Mercedes to consider the worst case and so nothing was left in the garage.
Once again Hamilton proves what he can do when his car is turned up to max. Lets hope there are no slip ups
on the start or in the pits for tomorow’s race.
Mercedes 1 / 2 – a fitting tribute to NiKi. RIP.
budchekov (@budchekov)
25th May 2019, 15:26
Yep, the in car cam showed that car was (no pun intended) a real handful !
Lewis seems pumped to the max…
Panagiotis Papatheodorou (@panagiotism-papatheodorou)
25th May 2019, 15:16
Vettel overdrove that car in the final lap, thus the mistake. The Ferrari is nowhere in terms of aero.
faulty (@faulty)
25th May 2019, 15:39
Or mechanical.
Pironi the Provocateur (@pironitheprovocateur)
25th May 2019, 15:19
Remarkable laps from both Mercedes, a slower third sector has clearly cost Bottas a pole.
NeverElectric
25th May 2019, 15:25
Wow, Lewis Hamilton.
What a lap.
Rubens Cheriballo
25th May 2019, 15:33
How about Gasly blocking Grosjean? No penalties?
Brian Small
25th May 2019, 17:02
Surely he should be penalised ! Grosjean was always faster than Magnussen and could possibly have out-placed Gasly.
dubsix (@dubsix)
25th May 2019, 15:42
Halo in red on the silver car just looks like a thong.. sorry Niki!
knightameer (@knightameer)
25th May 2019, 15:45
Another 1-2 in the bag for the Silver Arrows. Wow at Ferrari for ducking it up again.
NS Biker (@rekibsn)
25th May 2019, 16:21
Where did all the pundits go to that predicted the Hulk would get the better of D. Riciardo.?
The car isn’t great, even McLaren is looking better, but DR did a GREAT job to drag it up to where he did.
Would love to see another Shooey this year.
Dean
25th May 2019, 19:37
Calm down. The season has many races left. Hulk has plenty of time to prove the “pundits” correct. Good drive from RIC today though. He had ALOT to make up for after that embarrassing incident in Baku.
NS Biker (@rekibsn)
25th May 2019, 20:44
Maybe he can get “Back” to the front.
Wasn’t trying to dish Hulk, unlucky and underrated. Here’s hoping that the two of them can push each other, the Team and all can share a Shooey. Bordeaux in a size 46 ..mmmmm.
Miani (@miani)
25th May 2019, 18:45
I’m impressed hot much Williams closed the gap to the front in Monaco. And it’s a bad track for them. If they keep this rate of improvement they will be fighting Mercedes before the season ends.
Miani (@miani)
25th May 2019, 18:46
How*
NS Biker (@rekibsn)
25th May 2019, 20:46
Marquis de Queensberry Rules.
John H
26th May 2019, 8:42
1.3 seconds to 18th place at Monaco, and I’m sure Russel is wringing every last 10th out of that thing. I think Claire Williams needs to step down at some point soon for the sake of the team.
John H
26th May 2019, 8:40
Magnussen quietly becoming one of F1’s best drivers.