Formula 1 live ticker: Slipstream donor Verstappen in front of Perez

4:47 p.m

Vettel: In the end, no more tires

The second German in the field even made it into Q3 and in the end on P9. Could something even more have been possible? “I felt really good at the end of Q1 and Q2,” he reports to ‘Sky’.

“In Q3 I would have liked to have had another set of tires,” said Vettel, who only had one attempt there. “But all in all it was a good qualifying for us. We put the car in a decent position,” he said with satisfaction.

“I’m sure it will be a great day tomorrow. We have a task ahead of us: we want to try to beat the Alfa Romeo and score as many points as possible in order to perhaps still achieve P6 in the constructors’ championship,” he announces .

So his personal little goal when saying goodbye to Formula 1.


4:40 p.m

Schumacher is happy about the “positive” final qualifying

As already mentioned, the German says goodbye to Haas with a win over Magnussen from his last qualifying session and explains: “That was a positive one [Qualifying]. Coming into Q2 was a bit unexpected, mainly because FP3 and FP2 weren’t that good.”

“Moving further and qualifying on P13 was definitely an achievement,” he says with satisfaction and reveals: “I had quite a bit of understeer, but then we made some changes before qualifying and that went in the right direction. “

With regard to the World Championship fight against AlphaTauri, he explains: “Kevin is pretty close to Gasly and I’m pretty close to Tsunoda. Hopefully we’ll get off to a good start and we can keep them behind us.”

By the way: Because of the grid penalty against Ricciardo, Schumacher even moves up one place and can start his last Formula 1 race tomorrow from P12.


4:34 p.m

Marko: “Old ranking restored” again

The Austrian is also satisfied. “First, second [im Qualifying] we haven’t been for a long time,” he recalls on ‘ServusTV’. In fact, this was last the case in Mexico in 2018 – more than four years ago!

Especially after the “fiasco” in Brazil, it is good that “the old hierarchy has been restored”. “And what encourages us even more are the long runs, where we were better than Ferrari from the tire degradation and all that,” said Marko.

“I hope that will continue tomorrow,” emphasizes the Austrian, who also knows: “Racing is something else again, [der] The start has to be successful.” In addition to Ferrari, “Mercedes can probably also be expected again tomorrow.”


4:25 p.m

Verstappen: What happened at the beginning of Q3?

We remember: The Dutchman was actually supposed to give Perez a slipstream, but got stuck in the pits. He reveals: “We had a bit of a shock. The car switched itself off before the first run, so we had to restart everything.”

He is “very happy” that both cars are still in the front row. “Of course we want to win the race. But we also want to finish second in the championship with Checo,” he emphasizes.

And now you have a good starting position. “I still expect it to be a good fight tomorrow, but at least we have both cars in front and can do what we want,” he says in terms of strategy.


4:20 p.m

The most important thing for Saturday…

… you can find it again today in a separate photo series. And don’t forget: At 7:15 p.m. Kevin Scheuren and Christian Nimmervoll will be in touch with the large live analysis on the Formel1.de YouTube channel!


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4:01 p.m

Q3: Verstappen on pole!

In the second attempt, Verstappen gives his teammate a slipstream – but is still faster! Pole for Verstappen in front of Perez, Leclerc and Sainz. The two Mercedes drivers land behind them. Vettel is ninth.

Here in the ticker we continue with the votes on qualifying. Before the overview:

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