Red Bull’s Dutch driver Max Verstappen starts from pole in the Canadian Grand Prix, the ninth round of the Formula 1 World Championship, on Sunday, while Monaco’s Charles Leclerc starts from bottom position from a penalty after being substituted by Ferrari the entire power unit in your vehicle. Exceeding the allowable amount per season.
With rain that gradually subsided as the round progressed, World Championship leader Verstappen set the best time in official testing at the Gilles Villeneuve circuit in Montreal with a time of 1:21:299 ahead of Spaniard Fernando Alonso in second place. in front of compatriot Carlos Sainz, a Ferrari driver who finished third.
Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton finished fourth.
Mexican Sergio Pérez, Red Bull co-pilot and runner-up in the individual competition, failed to qualify for the final third round of the official tests after being forced out of second after hitting a barrier in second and starting from 13th.
Leclerc from behind
By dropping Leclerc at least on pole, Verstappen will have to be wary of Alonso at first, and the 2007 and 2008 world champion intends to make it harder for the Dutchman by saying: “I’ll attack Max from the first corner.”
Vercapen, who is 21 points ahead of Pires and 34 points behind Leclerc, has a great opportunity to go into the lead of the championship. After taking first place in official tests for the 15th time in his career and second this season, he is looking forward to his 26th World Championship victory.
As the riders battled for first place in the final round, Leclerc was eliminated after making sure he would at least fly out against Japan’s Yuki Tsunoda (Alfatatori), who was also penalized for changing his engine.
Only eight out of 22 races have taken place so far, but Ferrari has reached the limit for various engine components for Leclerc, who is currently third in the drivers’ standings.
On Friday, during the second round of free practice, Leclerc was penalized 10 places in Sunday’s race for replacing the engine control unit for the fourth time this season, although three are allowed.
But on Saturday, at the start of the third round of free practice, Ferrari decided to replace new parts, including the fourth engine and fourth turbocharger, which led to additional fines.
With an all-new engine, Leclerc, who started from pole in the last four races but did not win, will start from the baseline and hope to get as far as possible.
Science also has a new internal combustion engine, the third one this season.
With these new changes, the Prancing Horse team is set to start over after having run into many issues lately.
At last week’s Baku Grand Prix, Ferrari suffered another disappointment as its drivers retired due to mechanical problems. Before her, Leclerc acted in Spain for the same reason. In Monaco, the team chose an unsuccessful strategy, which led to the loss of the driver of the Principality.
Verstappen imposed his rhythm in two rounds of Friday’s Tests to be most likely to win his sixth race of a season of nine and also extend his lead as he has 150 points compared to Pires’ 129 and Leclerc’s 116. , who set the fastest time in official practice in the last four races before running into mechanical problems.
Here are the times for the third round of official testing:
1. Max Verstappen (Netherlands/Red Bull) 1:21.299 min
2. Fernando Alonso (Spain/Alpine Region) 1:21.944
3. Carlos Science (Spain/Ferrari) 1:22.096 d
4. Lewis Hamilton (UK/Mercedes) 1:22.891
5. Kevin Magnussen (Denmark/Haas) 1:22.960
6. Mick Schumacher (Germany/Haas) 1:23.356
7. Esteban Ocon (France/Alpine region) 1:23.529 D
8. George Russell (UK/Mercedes) 1:23.557 d
9. Daniel Ricciardo (Australia/McLaren) 1:23.749
10. Zhou Guangyu (China/Alfa Romeo) 1:24.030 d
Here is the starting schedule for the Canadian Grand Prix, the ninth round of the Formula One World Championship, after the official practice session on Saturday:
Starting schedule:
First grade
Max Verstappen (Netherlands/Red Bull)
Fernando Alonso (Spain/Alpine region)
Second row
Carlos Sainz (Spain/Ferrari)
Lewis Hamilton (UK/Mercedes)
third class
Kevin Magnussen (Denmark/Haas)
Mick Schumacher (Germany/Haas)
fourth grade
Esteban Ocon (France/Alpine region)
George Russell (UK/Mercedes)
fifth grade
Daniel Ricciardo (Australia/McLaren)
Daguo Guanyu (China/Alfa Romeo)
Sixth grade
Valtteri Bottas (Finland/Alfa Romeo)
Alexander Albon (Thailand/Williams)
Seventh grade
Sergio Perez (Mexico/Red Bull)
Lando Norris (Great Britain/McLaren)
Eighth grade
Pierre Gasly (France/Alvatore)
Sebastian Vettel (Germany/Aston Martin)
Ninth grade
Lance Stroll (Canada/Aston Martin)
Nicholas Latifi (Canada/Williams)
tenth grade
Charles Leclerc (Monaco/Ferrari)
Yuki Tsunoda (Japan/Alfatatori)
