It’s the Singapore entrance row so many needed to see. A resurgent world champion, again firmly in competition, along with his arch rival on pole. In order that’s McLaren’s Lando Norris P1 and Pink Bull’s Max Verstappen P2 for the beginning of Sunday’s Grand Prix round Marina Bay.
The Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell begin an encouraging third and fourth, whereas Oscar Piastri is a disillusioned fifth on the grid after the Australian failed to search out the tempo in his McLaren that workforce mate Norris so spectacularly extracted.
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No disappointment in P6, nonetheless, with Nico Hulkenberg’s very good Q3 effort for Haas placing him in P6 forward of double world champion Fernando Alonso within the Aston Martin and the RB machine of Yuki Tsunoda.
What of Ferrari you ask? The scarlet vehicles of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz full the highest ten, the previous having had his greatest qualifying lap deleted for exceeding observe limits, and the latter having crashed out of Q3 with out setting a time.
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Simply outdoors the highest half, look out for Williams focusing on one other double factors rating, as Alex Albon and Franco Colapinto begin eleventh and twelfth. And what can Sergio Perez do within the sister Pink Bull? The Mexican traces up an unfortunate thirteenth after a ‘nightmare’ Singapore qualifying.
