McLaren remains elusive to F1 Abu Dhabi GP 2024. Within one lap, the two orange cars are confirmed as the two big favorites to take pole this Saturday (3:00 pm/DAZN).
The men in orange lead the Constructors’ World Championship over Ferrari by 21 points and it looks like they are ready to crush. They will need to take advantage of that superiority to get a front row on the grid which will make it easier for them to take the crown against some. Ferrari They don’t seem to be rivals within a lap, the main weakness of the red car this year compared to its excellent race pace.
In Abu Dhabi Qualifying is very important because of how difficult it is to achieve. And if Ferrari wants to have any options, Carlos Sainz You should be able to enter the first row of the grid. But it would be very complicated.
So far, the Spaniard is 5th in FP3 at 0.438 ahead of his final classification wearing red. For his part, Leclerc, who carries a 10-place grid penalty Sunday, He can only be 9th of more than 6 tenths.
Things didn’t go well for the Italians against the silky McLarens. Piastri showed himself to be better than Norris with few errors in his lap attempts and led his teammate by 0.193.
Behind it ended Lewis Hamiltonat 0″390 in third place and fourth is Verstappen at 0″411. The Dutchman complained about a brake problem but he was there again, making the world of his teammate Pérez, who does not come out of the well. The Mexican can only be 10th at 0″850.
Alonso, far away
Fernando Alonso, with one of the worst cars on the grid, will struggle to qualify for points and Q3 this Saturday. The Asturian driver was 15th, 1.020 off the best time and a tenth and a half away from 10th place.
The battle for Q3 will be tight and from 10th to 18th there are only two tenths. Fernando Alonso will test it, looking for fishing in turbulent rivers in a ‘quality’ where any accident or traffic can complicate things for the pilots. He would go for it again, even with few weapons.
Source: La Verdad
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