![]() The Mexican was among the last drivers to switch to slick tyres as a dry line formed, and as he did so the rain returned. Perez had crashed out of Q1 in Monaco and exited in Q2 in Spain, but would make another early exit here in Canada after struggling in the improving track conditions. On Thursday, Perez had said he could not afford any more "bad weekends" after seeing his title challenge fall away with poor displays in Monaco and Barcelona. Perez believes the decision to use slick tyres contributed to him being eliminated from Q2 The normal penalty for failure to slow under red flags is 10 grid positions however in view of the mitigating circumstance, a lower penalty is appropriate." Perez, Leclerc makes early qualifying exits again "However, the regulation is very clear and whilst there is no question of the driver acting dangerously or driving unsafely, there was a breach and thus a penalty has to be imposed. ![]() We regard this as a mitigating circumstance. "Comparison of telemetry with that of Car 31 (Ocon) showed that in general for the rest of the lap he was approximately the same speed as Car 31 which complied with the delta times in each mini-sector. He also admitted to confusion about the beep signal in his headset, and therefore at one stage thought he was going too slow. He claimed this made it extremely difficult for him to come below the delta in the next sector. He was at T1 when the red flag was displayed, however at that point he was already 1.5 seconds over his delta time. ![]() Hulkenberg had looked set to give Haas their first ever front-row start for a Grand Prix with a fine lap in the wet, but the German will now have to settle for fifth on the grid.Įxplaining the penalty, the stewards said: "The driver had just finished his fastest lap and had started another push lap. Karun Chandhok was at the SkyPad to compare Hulkenberg and Fernando Alonso's qualifying laps after they finished second and third respectively Verstappen was still able to find improvement on his next effort to set his pole time, and Alonso was also improving through the first two sectors when the red flag was deployed as Piastri span at Turn Seven, damaging the rear of his McLaren. Verstappen was the first to take to the track in the top-10 shootout and posted a time of 1:27.059, with Alonso getting within a quarter of a second with his opening effort. *Hulkenberg and Sainz given three-place grid penalties How Verstappen claimed a 25th pole position and Hulkenberg lost second placeĪfter the track had dried out enough for slick tyres in Q2, the rain at the end of that segment had intensified by the time Q3 began. "Let's see, maybe it's dry tomorrow and then it can be a bit different, but normally we have a good race car."įerrari's Charles Leclerc and Red Bull's Sergio Perez missed out on Q3 after qualifying in 11th and 12th respectivelyĪlex Albon had topped Q2 after being the first driver to move onto the soft tyres, but he was unable to set a lap time in the final segment and will line up ninth behind Piastri.Ī busy evening for the stewards also saw penalties further down the grid, with Lance Stroll dropping from 13th to 16th after impeding Esteban Ocon while Yuki Tsunoda dropped from 16th to 19th for impeding Hulkenberg in the first part of qualifying. I come from Holland, so we are used to driving in the wet. "It was super slippery out there in some places, but we just made all the right calls, the right time on the track to do the lap times, and I'm very happy to be on pole here. "In the wet you just have to stay on top of the conditions," Verstappen said. Watch Daniel Ricciardo's commentary debut at the Canadian GPĪs rain continued to fall during the seven-minute red flag delay, no driver was able to improve his time in the final minutes of Q3. ![]()
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