Intense is the word to describe this first qualifying of the season. Shot gaps between some drivers and anything was decided until the last minutes. Many drivers were in the top list to get pole,, but there was a man above the rest: Lando Norris

On the other hand, Campos and Charouz were the worst in track, and MP also. In this way, the Qualifying 1 started under the desert’s moonlight.

Trident’s driver Arjun Maini was the favourite to get the Pole Position at first. He was fast and he wanted this place more than other. But Lando Norris, George Russell and Jack Aitken, drivers in the top Developing Driver’s Program on F1, were in position to get it to.

Ten minutes to left, everything seemed ready to bring George Russell to first position. The Mercedes’ talent set a good lap with 0.5s of pace ahead from the second. But Lando Norris did not give up and he set the fastest time despite a mistake in the last corner. DAMS’ Alexander Albon and PREMA’s Nyck De Vries ended close from them. Therefore, everything so close and ready for tomorrow’s race.

 

POS. DRIVER TEAM LAPS TIME GAP
1 L. Norris Carlin 10 1:41.761
2 G. Russell ART Grand Prix 10 1:41.823 0.062
3 A. Albon DAMS 10 1:41.850 0.089
4 N. de Vries Prema Powerteam 11 1:41.880 0.119
5 L. Delétraz Charouz Racing System 9 1:42.174 0.413
6 S. Sette Câmara Carlin 11 1:42.221 0.460
7 N. Fukuzumi Arden International 10 1:42.246 0.485
8 T. Makino RUSSIAN TIME 10 1:42.264 0.503
9 J. Aitken ART Grand Prix 11 1:42.282 0.521
10 M. Günther Arden International 9 1:42.336 0.575
11 A. Fuoco Charouz Racing System 11 1:42.342 0.581
12 L. Ghiotto Campos Racing 9 1:42.414 0.653
13 R. Merhi MP Motorsport 11 1:42.423 0.662
14 A. Maini Trident 9 1:42.437 0.676
15 N. Latifi DAMS 10 1:42.447 0.686
16 R. Boschung MP Motorsport 10 1:42.460 0.699
17 A. Markelov RUSSIAN TIME 11 1:42.816 1.055
18 S. Ferrucci Trident 11 1:42.818 1.057
19 S. Gelael Prema Powerteam 8 1:43.016 1.255
20 R. Nissany Campos Racing 9 1:43.350 1.589

 

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