The worldwide tetracampeón tamed his unstable Red Bull to make a perfect turn when the pictures had already fallen and move to the favorites, the British Lando Norris and the Australian Oscar Piestri, who recorded the second and best time of the day aboard the two McLaren. Unlike what happened on Friday, this Saturday there were no major accidents and the great news was that he told among his protagonists to the Australian Jack Doohan, who recovered in time and managed to turn with his refacted Alpine after the shocking palazo in the second free practice on Friday. privilege in the output grid. The last time it had been in the Austrian GP, 280 days ago, when it averaged the 2024 season. “Yes, I am surprised. In each session we made small improvements. Then, the last round was at full Ideal setting, since it also places it as a great favorite to keep the race. The Mad Max was masterful: he furrowed the difficult drawing of the Suzuka circuit in 1m26s893 and took Norris 12 thousandths to Norris and 44 to Piestri with the particularity of not having made the best record in any of the three sectors of the path. “We did not expect that. It has been an exceptional return, it has extracted each gram of performance. Getting that pole position was completely against its form. He, a great impulse for the team, “Red Bull’s mandamás, Cristian Horner, was excited after complicated weeks, seeing how Verstappen took all the flashes. The Monegasco Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) established the fourth best time and the British George Russell (Mercedes) will leave from the fifth step. The Top 10 is completed with Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes), Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls) -Dos Rookies that surprise by her temperance at this start of the season-, the historic Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari), Alex Albon (Williams) and Oliver Bearman (Haas) .Pierre Gasly (Alpine), Carlos Sainz (Williams) Alonso (Aston Martin), Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) and Yuki Tsunoda (Red Bull), on the other hand, did not pass the barrier of the Q2. The 15th place was a beating for the Japanese. Not only was he left far from his phenomenal teammate, but he disappointed after an auspicious Friday in his first date with his new team after being promoted from Racing Bulls. To complete the negative combo, Tsunoda was behind Lawson, who was forced to give him the armchair after his bad start to the season by order of an impatient and implacable Horner. It was a stain between so much joy for the Austrian team of energy drinks and perhaps a small personal rematch for the vituperated Neozyle. He had marked the Norris guideline, leader of the World Pilot Championship, who was the fastest in an interrupted round for a few minutes -with a red flag because of a small fire in a grass area -, covering the 5,807 meters of the Japanese track in a 1m27s460.In Q1, meanwhile, the Sauber of Nico Hulkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto, Esteban Ocon Haas, the Alpine of the reborn Doohan and Aston Martin de Lance Stroll.
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