Leclerc, post in Australia and bad luck hit Alonso and Sainz

They say no bad luck. For those who think like this, let them see what has repeatedly happened in the classification of F1 GP of Australia. They will change their minds. Pilots like Fernando Alonso and Carlos Sainz don’t usually believe in it and they believe in a good job. They followed that idea throughout the weekend and things looked better than ever. But in the decisive moment, his hopes were dashed, fell into a domino effect initiated by a hydraulic problem in Alonso’s car in the middle of the Q3 lap, when he was flying. If there’s one thing anyone can’t imagine, it’s that Carlos will end up on the 9th, affected by outside issues in the main moment. Meanwhile, his partner, again a great charles leclerc He signed the pollen on a spectacular final lap and blasted the Ferrari ‘tifosi’ with delight.

Carlos’s goal for pole position is more than ever because he is more comfortable than riding Leclerc throughout the weekend. He needs to give the final blow in Q3. And Alonso seems to have started a second youth, returning to enjoy a fast car in Q3 where he rode very fast and aggressively. He was clear he could fight for pole position, which was “the best weekend in a long time” and he wanted the podium this Sunday. But everything changed with the presence of a hydraulic problem in the Spaniard’s vehicle in the middle of the lap that caused the death of his vehicle and led to an accident. Since then, everything has changed sainzwho was not directly hurt by the Asturian encounter.

In fact, the incident Ferdinand it only affected Carlos in the group of favorites. He was the only one to see how the Asturian red flag annulled his Q3 time. The man from Madrid lost tenth in the first sector with respect to Leclerc, but recovered in the second set and was in provisional pole time on his first attempt at Q3. But when he glanced at the goal he could do nothing but curse what he saw. The red flag was displayed a few meters away so that he could cross the finish line. He ran out of big time and he had to do all-or-nothing on a single card on his final try after clearing the track.

Carlos he knew how fast he could get there and he accepted the challenge posed to him by destiny. But the straw will come to shatter behind the camel: the car from Madrid did not work before his last attempt. As a result, he lost valuable time which left him with very little margin to do his preparation. He can’t heat the tires as they should, something that is key especially on a rail where soft tires need to be taken care of in the preparation lap so that they arrive in good condition at the end of the quick lap. Carlos couldn’t. Furthermore, he set a personal record in the last sector in his formation lap to arrive at the right time to make his attempt. And he immediately paid for it.

The Spaniard from Ferrari will end up signing in ninth position. He has a pole car and if the classification is repeated 100 times this Saturday, in 99 of them he will fight for it.

Leclerc, alone against two Red Bulls

In this way, the head of world, charles leclercwill start alone against Red Bull this Sunday, plus Verstappen in second position and Pérez in third after Max somehow saved some of his problems with an RB18 that in Free Practice 3 was too nervous. However, the improvement Max achieved was not enough and he did not see the necessary balance to go into pole position. He will need to come out on the attacking race with great speed in the long run.

The two vehicles Milton Keynes start in front of a surprising Lando Norris (4th) and in two Mercedeswith the hamilton 5th and Russell in sixth place. Mercedes was able to enter at least two of its cars in Q3 after suffering throughout the weekend and the step McLaren has taken on this track is remarkable, as well as its two cars in Q3, a success that it ended Ricciardo being 7th.

Sainz will start ninth just behind Or included (8th) on a track where it is difficult to reach. It didn’t seem easy Sunday for Sainz or for the man next to him, in tenth position, Fernando Alonso. They have to come back. Both unexpectedly went wrong with their plans.

Alonso’s nth failure in Alpine’s reliability

Said the Asturian Jeddah that his position in the overall World Cup classification does not reflect the good feelings and the rhythm he has in Alpine, which should be higher and that in Saudi Arabia should have achieved fifth place. He asked that destiny not abandon him on subsequent dates, but he ignored her. Alpine’s reliability struck him again and changed everything. Sa Bahrain He was able to finish but after the race he found something wrong with his machine. In Jeddah he debuted his second power unit in two races and retired due to a water pump failure that damaged his propeller. And in Australia, in his third unit he underwent a new setback.