Chinanews.com, December 13th F1 final standing qualifying ended on the evening of the 12th Beijing time at Yas Marina Circuit.
In the end, after experiencing the intense and exciting contention at the end of the third quarter qualifying, Verstappen lore the two Mercedes drivers for a shot, which is also his personal first shot of the season.
Bottas and Hamilton ranked second and third by only less than 0.1 seconds behind.
Verstappen took the shot.
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In the first qualifying session, the British driver Hamilton, who had just recovered from the new crown pneumonia, ranked first with 1:35.528, Bottas second, Leclerc third; Raikkonen, Magnussen, Russell, Fittipaldi and Latifi were eliminated.
The second quarter qualifying officially started. Two cars of the Mercedes team took the lead out of the pit lane. Hamilton used neutral tires to make the fastest lap of 1:35.466.
At the last moment, Leclerc made his personal fastest lap time and reached fourth place. Vettel, who was about to leave the team, ended in 13th place in Ferrari's final qualifying.
In addition, Aokang, Ricardo, Giovinaz and Perez were also eliminated in this section.
The third quarter qualifying officially began. At this time, the top of the track was completely covered by night, and the lights on both sides of the track were all lit.
Kvyat made the Q3's first lap 1:36.451, and the two McLaren team drivers made the fastest lap in succession, ranking first and second.
At the end of the first speeding lap, Bottas made a lap time of 1:35.415, reaching first, Verstappen second, 0.104 seconds behind, Hamilton third, Alben fourth, Mercedes and Red Bull Racing took the top four seats.
The slow-motion playback showed that Hamilton had made a small mistake on the previous lap.
In the last sprint, the two drivers of the Mercedes team, Hamilton and Bottas, set the fastest lap in succession, but Verstappen made the fastest lap time of 1:35.246 at the last moment, successfully killing two. The Mercedes won his first pole position this season.
Bottas is second, Hamilton is third; McLaren driver Norris is fourth, fifth to tenth respectively: Alben, Sainz, Kvyat, Stoll, Leclerc, Gasley .
Final result of qualifying.
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Verstappen said excitedly after the race: "This season has been very long for everyone. For the entire team, the last qualifying result is very good. We are all very happy, countless times this year. We finally got pole position as we approached." Hamilton also said: "I am grateful to be able to return to the team to end a wonderful season for us. I feel a little struggling in driving today but congratulations to Verstappen. , We will try our best to give him the greatest challenge tomorrow." (End)