Sprint Qualifying Highlights | 2024 Chinese Grand Prix

Carlos signs with a h on the racing line could be trouble for Kevin Magnuson DRS open can Alburn find something no this is niff and Tuck for Russell to get through sonoda goes in the first part of Sprint qualifying along with Sergeant along with Alin along with Aon and the final question remains will it be gazley or will it be Russell this would be a big shock Mercedes have not been getting on well with this are but they'd expect to be outside the bottom five down the hill we go where's he going to be for George Russell he's found something when he needed to and Hamilton really leaning on the curb as well fire 5 like this morning basically copy that and that will be a delay whilst we put the fire out gazley Aon Alban sonoda and Sergeant fall at the first hurdle one corner to go it's the left hander with gravel on the outside pick your way through hope you've got enough grip wait wait wait to get on the throttle he did so and now he cuts the beam Norris sets a 1360 for everyone else to beat his teammate is the first driver to try and take it away hauling the car away from the gravel trap and piastri goes over the line piastri goes faster a reminder if the rain comes down this could be vital this first push lap could be vital for who goes through and who goes out McLaren one two sign slots into third two1 down and here comes Alonzo who's been quick so far fourth place for Fernando Alonzo now charl clir looked good in the first part of Sprint qualifying takes the route round the final left-hander goes ahead of piastri Russell's going to complete his time where does the Mercedes go in this part of qualifying eighth position is the answer for one the second one is about to appear down the hill and Hamilton goes ahead of his teammate and the Local Hero he's seventh then it's Joe then it's Russell then it's Kevin magon Daniel Ricardo is currently in the drop zone along with hulkenberg and stroll here is the world championship leader leaning on the curve completing the lap and going a tenth of a second quicker than charl lir it is Red Bull then Ferrari then McLaren then McLaren or at least it was because Perez has gone up to third position with a 1357 sweat sweat okay copy that's it the rain that was forecast has arrived the grip will go away and no one will be able to improve Russell will be eliminated in the second part of Sprint qualifying along with Magnuson who is ah head of hulkenberg Ricardo and stroll listen to that they've seen one of their own put it in the top 10 that is a big moment for Joan you w Norris sliding coming through turn seven these things make a huge difference off into the barrier goes Char Clair so the drivers going out there ascertaining the grip level and finding there's not much at all and they are adapting to the wet conditions on the intermediate Tire this is pure driving Talent on show now can you improvise with no knowledge of the track conditions can you pick a different line like Max ven's doing now he's not doing the traditional line he's looking for the parts of the racet track with grip and jolian that doesn't seem to be anywhere out there that's offering him grip oh he just couldn't get any power down coming out of turn three there breaks off line coming down to turn six that's okay no it's not his track limits immediately look like he had so much margin until he tried to turn in and the rear just went so this lap won't count it's just a CER now well if you can complete a lap with it pointing in the right direction it might be good enough look at how slowly patri has to squeeze the throttle he goes over the line it's a two-minute lap it's a 2-minute 2.5 for the rest of the field to beat Perez is looking good to get on terms with it so is Lando nor Carlos s just trying to rotate that Scarlet Ferrari through the spray through the rain and to third position Lando Norris canny be's teammate Lando Norris goes to third place does anyone have a time at the moment Perez does Perez goes to the top of the field he switched on those tires he found a good lap and it's 2 seconds clear of the rest of the field Fernando Alonzo has been off the road earlier in this session and he finds himself in fifth in the moment 3 minutes to go Perez is heading to a Sprint pole as it stands home favorite being roared around Joe guu and this is a long way off so Joe guu will push again botas vter botas has been on pole here before he's on the front row for the Sprint as it stands two minutes to go Perez heads the field botas returning to the front row of a Sprint qualifying session as it stands for STA and KH apply the power he's soaring away at the steering wheel left and right can he find a time can he oh he's off he's off of the final Corner as Oscar piastri take second place V stappen couldn't find the grip couldn't find the way round that one counts for the moment but it was off the road it won't count overall wait for the papaya McLaren Lando Norris goes off in the background signs improves to fifth Norris at the end tried to keep it on the road and even though he put two wheels in the gravel he's improved to the front row extraordinary and whilst they're struggling to keep it pointing in the straight line perz goes quicker still it won't count for Norris because he went all four wheels off the track as weird as it is he bounced through the gravel he's going to have alonso's done it Alonso fights his way to the front of the field with less than a minute to go absolutely barmy scenes the the grip is still there for them if they can keep it on the island lir now fighting his way the traction so difficult coming out of turn 14 then you got to stop it for this final left-hander lir has done that he drives to the line shair cuts the beam goes to third with the fastest final sector piastri is on for a personal best so is SS so is Hamilton 12 seconds to go so Hamilton if he gets through here cleanly will get a lap on the board but more importantly he will be the last driver to cross the line and start another La he's got it he's got it pastry going to try and improve here currently in fifth he's on for a personal best where does that personal best take him that is an important point about being last over the line piastri does not improve his position he stays in fifth that will leave him vulnerable to this man there are cars still going quickly Max V stappen found a time at last Max V stappen keeps it within the lines signs goes to Fourth but what about Lando Norris he's got it Lando Norris the last time we had a spring qualifying session at the front of the field but Lando norrris finds himself at the front no his time is deleted because he was off the road of the lap before leis Hamilton who got that lap in late look at the front row for the first Sprint of the Year Lando Norris's time will be reinstated is the message on my screen hold on then hold on Lando Norris is tied well this is fascinating stuff Lewis Hamilton is across the line and Norris now goes back to the top of the times extraordinary they deleted Lando Norris's previous time because they said he went off at the final corner of the racetrack oh that was absolutely wild the man whose tie we thought was deleted has been reinstated back to the front of the field and he's gone from the bottom of the pile back up to first after all that I can tell you it's Lando Norris P1 for the opening Sprint of the Year wow that was ridiculous [Music] oh

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Length: 8min 2sec (482 seconds)

Published: Fri Apr 19 2024