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    Both Mercedes Crash in F1's Friday Qualifying Session in Austria

    Editor - The Auto JournalBy Editor - The Auto JournalJuly 8, 2022Updated:July 11, 2022No Comments2 Mins Read
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    This weekend, the FIA Formula One World Championship journeyed to the Red Bull Ring in picturesque Styria for the Austrian Grand Prix. With this being the second of three Sprint weekends this season, the qualifying session occurred at this time to accommodate the dash race tomorrow. Max Verstappen, the reigning world champion, snatched pole place from the clutches of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. The Red Bull driver set a lap time that was solely two-hundredths of a second quicker than Leclerc within the ultimate moments of the session.

    But the reigning constructors’ champions Mercedes-AMG Petronas had been arguably the discuss of qualifying. Mercedes confirmed appreciable tempo in the course of the second section of qualifying. Lewis Hamilton completed Q2 with the third quickest lap, solely a tenth of a second behind Verstappen in second place. His teammate George Russell was fifth quickest in Q2, a tenth quicker than Verstappen’s teammate Sergio Pérez. However, every thing got here aside for the duo in qualifying’s pole-deciding finale.

    With just below six minutes remaining in Q3, Hamilton’s automotive barreled throughout the gravel entice at Turn 7 and went straight into the barrier. Hamilton had a second of oversteer within the nook. He corrected for it and went off observe. After a purple flag interval to take away Hamilton’s automotive from the observe, the session restarted.

    Then, the second Mercedes went to the barrier. George Russell had the automotive’s rear-end come round on him as he become the ultimate nook. Russell’s automotive slid throughout the paved run-off into the barrier. Both drivers had been bodily high quality after their respective crashes, however their crews are going to have lengthy nights repairing the vehicles.

    While Mercedes missed out on its aspirations of qualifying each its vehicles on the second row or higher, the group’s weekend isn’t totally ruined simply but. Hamilton and Russell have the prospect to enhance their Sunday beginning positions within the Saturday dash race. Last season, Hamilton recovered after being disqualified from qualifying for the São Paulo Grand Prix. He completed fifth within the dash after beginning final, then gained the race from tenth place on the grid. The seven-time world champion most likely gained’t replicate what he did in Brazil, however he’s actually not out of the weekend but.

    Source: jalopnik.com

    Charles Leclerc Emilia Romagna Grand Prix ferrari Formula One Formula One World Championship Formula racing George Russell Hungarian Grand Prix Italian Grand Prix Jalopnik Lewis Hamilton Max Verstappen Open wheel racing Petronas Sergio Pérez Sports the Austrian Grand Prix World Championship
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