Verstappen is skeptical and Sainz could go for his first position on the post; Alonso was excited

Carlos Sainz was before one of his biggest opportunities to make the pole. In this third Big prize of the season has been more comfortable from the beginning than charles leclerc and the good feeling continued this Saturday before qualifying, always leading in third free practice where his last position was unrepresentative, a fifth spot he did not improve because of a final red flag caused by an accident. Take a walk which does not allow him to go for a better time. But the sensations Carlos faces in ‘settled‘is very different from that indicated by that last table. Not only does it feel fast and comfortable, but in the great rival’s garage ferrari, Max Verstappenthings don’t seem to be happening in the best way to deal with the qualifying session.

For the Dutch driver, it was not good news to see that in the last minutes of the session, his vehicle did not respond the way he wanted. Quite the opposite. He complained on the radio of understeer before making his last attempt at soft rubber, on the warm-up lap. He entered the pit lane and returned without stopping to the pit. And in attempting her turn, she had to have an abortion because of her nervous behavior RB18, a runaway colt he had to lift in the first corner, with fury. In that context, ‘Czech’ Perezauthor of the post in the past Saudi Arabian GPseems to have come up with better weapons in this classification, wanting to beat his partner, the current world champion, for the second consecutive time.

The Mexican came in ‘qualy’ after finishing third in Free Practice 3, wanting to fight a Ferrari that seemed superior despite its lower speed on the straight, became strong in sectors 1 and 2 due to its better cornering. the battle will be Carlos, Charles‘Czech‘and we need to see if Max can compensate. It looks like a golden opportunity sainzwhich must now finish the job.

Alonso, great third session

The faces on the wall Alpine they spoke for themselves. There was optimism. What they saw on Friday was exciting, but the French car needs to be confirmed this Saturday, and in Free Practice 3 Fernando Alonso once again showed great speed. The Spanish have always been in the top position to clarify that Friday is not the flower of a day. Ferdinand came to occupy the first place up to three times, successor of Perezand finished FP3 0 “158 in optimal time, marked by Norriswithout being able to get one last time through the red flag of Take a walk.

It’s not in the fight for pole position, but it’s for being the third best car on the grid, behind the 4 ‘big ones’. Your battle may be with some McLaren that on this third date they took a step forward to fight in Q3, then Norris lead to FP3 and Ricciardo finished in sixth position. In that matched battle that should be the same boots.

Maybe the Mercedes is also there, although there are many more complications. hamilton He was 8th and even further away from the track where he slightly touched the wall. It happened before the first red flag of this third session, starring Vettel, which ruined him Aston-Martin. The two green single-seater suffered damage before the ‘qualy’, a situation far from ideal.