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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Events of note...

Q1:

  • Conditions were damp and greasy but drying. The track was declared wet I believe, not everyone ran slicks.
  • Lewis lost the rear in his Mercedes at Stowe, gently pirouetting into the gravel, but driving it back onto the track with no visible damage.
  • Magussen lost power in his Haas at the exit of Stowe red flagging the session temporarily.
  • Somehow Verstappen drove his Red Bull into the pit wall and crushed his front wing when pulling out, claiming unexpectedly low grip and understeer.
  • For a few seconds as the final laps crossed the line, Williams were P1 and P2, which was wild while it lasted.
  • Bottas lost power in the closing seconds, but did so past the start/finish line on the final lap, do didn't affect the results.
  • Perez is absolutely falling apart, failing to advance. If memory serves, this is now 5 consecutive races where Verstappen has gotten pole and Perez has failed to make Q3.
  • In an unusual turn of events, Norris lead the Q1 timing charts as the clock ran out with a 1m29.052s.

Q2:

  • With 10s left on the timer, Norris was P1 and Albon was P2, though they'd be overtaken in the final seconds.
  • There was some kind of weird moment of Ocon going wheel to wheel with Stoll and locking up as.they jockeyed for track position to start a flyer.
  • No time for Bottas after his engine issues at the close of Q1.
  • Piastri, Norris, Albon were 2-4 as the session wound down.

Q3:

  • Norris took provisional pole on the final lap before getting piped by Verstappen by ~2 and half tenths.
  • But still a front-row start for lando, with teammate Piastri right behind in third.

Session standings posted at https://lemmy.world/comment/988435