Lewis Hamilton's gesture, his face bathed in sweat, reflected more disbelief than anger. "I don't know where they found the rhythm," won the Ferrari World Cup leader in Singapore, a track that did not favor red cars at all. However, Charles Leclerc is at a time where any feat seems within reach. At the moment it already has five 'poles', one more than Hamilton in 2019.

Two weeks after the ecstasy in Monza, the euphoria scenes were repeated in the garage of the Scuderia. Leclerc, as before in Bahrain, Austria, Belgium and Italy, will start on Sunday from the first grid position in Singapore. His last attempt (1: 36.217) threw away the previous effort of Sebastian Vettel, third classified, also surpassed by Hamilton.

The new aerodynamic package, added to Leclerc's hands, worked this little miracle for the people of Mattia Binotto. Everything seemed to catch Vettel by surprise, who was late for the protocol photo, since he had gone to the locker room to take off his overalls. His face, once again, let out the frustration of who knows that his best days are behind.

Hamilton Risks

He had taken the Seb initiative in the first attempt of Q3, although he was overtaken by that amazing Leclerc last lap. "I've lost the car three times," the Monegasque confessed. Learn this boy so fast that he even gives vertigo just by thinking about it. From his disappointments to Max Verstappen in Spielberg and Hockenheim, he does not stop growing. The Dutchman, despite his good staging on Friday, was no match here.

Ferrari had already warned in the third free session, when even the last sunbeams reached the track, it resulted in two tenths of advantage over Hamilton. Some reason must have the World Cup leader to feel somewhat tense because he did not even wait for the decisive moment to take enough risks. In full Q2 a scrap against the wall was already being remembered.

In conflict with Albon

Ferrari emerged by surprise, with special power in the first sector. Leclerc commanded by then (1: 36,650), seven hundredths better than Vettel. An equality, with options also for Hamilton and Verstappen, unusual in this World Cup.

Behind, Carlos Sainz polished in Q2 from 1: 38.1 to 1: 37.9, more than valid against the Renault, although still far from the attempt, near perfection, of Lando Norris (1: 37.572). Fortunately, at the moment of truth, the regularity of Madrid (1: 37.818) could more than the inspiration of the British (1: 38.329). The seventh place, in hard conflict with the Red Bull of Alexander Albon, is a legitimate reward for the great moment of Carlos.

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