McLaren there is a clear path to the world title Buildersthe team is already a crown Moving has not been achieved since 1998, including Mika Hakkinen and David Coulthard. Now, 26 years later, the English team has the best chance to seize the Red Bull throne with Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri. The scenario for them seemed perfect after Lando took pole in the last qualifying of the season with his teammate Piastri in second position at 0″209.
The McLarens took the front row of the grid on Sunday and only a mishap prevented them from achieving their goal in an event where overtaking is extremely difficult and where pole position is usually synonymous with victory.
Sainz, alone against McLaren
Ferrari is the rival of McLaren for that crown and had to subtract 21 points from English in this event. But the task seems impossible. The red ones again suffered more than the orange ones in one lap, a trend of the season for an Italian car that is better at racing, and Carlos Sainz towed the Ferrari car with the third place, while Charles Leclerc sank even further when Ferrari needed him.
Monegasque has 10 penalty spots and he needs pole to start at least 11th in search of a difficult comeback. But it reduced Ferrari’s chances of taking that crown exceeding the limits of the track in his final test in Q2who left him from Q3 to 14th place. Leclerc starts this Sunday.
Carlos Sainz finished Q2 in first position and presented his candidacy for pole. But at the moment of truth, McLaren did the rest and won in the last attempt.
Before, in the first attempt of Q3, Verstappen won the best time despite suffering a huge whiplash with a subsequent great save in the middle of the final curve of Abu Dhabi. It is imposed on Norris in just 4 thousandths now Piastre for 40. What Max will achieve first place in his current car against a McLaren so fast it’s a miracle. It’s too much. And in the second lap of Q3 the McLaren They were able to put things in their place.
Hulkenberg was one of the big surprises of the day with 4th place at 0″291, ahead of Verstappenwho in the end could only be 5th in a car where his teammate Pérez was once again far behind, 3 tenths behind Max in 10th place.
Alonso returns to Q3
Being in Q3 seems harder than ever Fernando Alonso after finishing 15th in Free Practice 3, more than two tenths away from 10th place. However, the Spaniard has a special and unique gift for capitalizing on the mistakes of his rivals. I know that in Abu Dhabi, With so much traffic on the track and times that can be canceled by track limits, I need to have options. With less weapons, but I will try. And again, he beat any predictions and made it into the top 10 again.
The Asturian narrowly moved into Q2, in 15th place, benefiting from the elimination of Lewis Hamiltonwhich was damaged by the bollard. And in Q2, the Spaniard nailed it on his last lap, in the final seconds, to move into Q3 in 7th place. At the last moment, the man from Oviedo was able to overcome Bottas and Perez be the 8th. He will look to defend that position this Sunday to finish the year in the points and start thinking about creating the 2025 car.
Source: La Verdad
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