Ball – Spanish Grand Prix: Leclerc and Ferrari in “first place” (Formula 1)

Ball – Spanish Grand Prix: Leclerc and Ferrari in “first place” (Formula 1)

Charles Leclerc, in F1-SF95 #16 of Scuderia Ferrari, took pole position at the Spanish Grand Prix. Round 6 of the Formula 1 World Cup 2022 takes place tomorrow (14.00 hours), with 66 laps of the Barcelona-Catalunya circuit – and in the sweltering heat, the predictions confirm!

It is the 24-year-old Monaco’s thirteenth place in Formula 1 and fourth this season, but only first in Spain. Historically, on this track with 4,675 km and 16 turns, a place on the starting grid is crucial to the final result, with 23 victories in 31 races taken from first place at the start of the Grand Prix!

Leclerc “closed” qualifying with a score of 1.18.750 m and took advantage of Red Bull’s power outage Max Verstappen, which prevented the world champion from battling with the leader of the 2022 World Championship for the “pole”. Charles has 19 points more than his rival in the Drivers’ Championship and celebrated his four F1 victories (two this year) after starting from pole position in the grid.

In Spain, Ferrari finished first for the 14th time, achieving a result not celebrated since 2008 (Kimi Raikkonen). Mercedes have not missed the lead on the grid at the Barcelona Circuit de Catalunya since 2012. Then Williams defeated them in qualifying, along with Pastor Maldonado, after disqualifying Lewis Hamilton of McLaren, the fastest in that session. Today, only the Briton has managed to set the sixth best record.

Results (and temporary starting grid):

Charles Leclerc I, Ferrari, 1.18.750 m

2nd Max Verstappen, Red Bull-RBPT +0.323sec

Third: Carlos Sainz Jr., Ferrari +0.416sec

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Fourth George Russell, Mercedes +0.643 seconds

Fifth Sergio Perez, Red Bull-RBP, 0.670sec

Sixth Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 0.762sec

7th Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo-Ferrari, +0.858 s

Eighth: Kevin Magnussen, Haas-Ferrari +0.932sec

9 Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren Mercedes, +1.547sec

10th, Mick Schumacher, +1,618 seconds

It was deleted in Q2

11 Lando Norris, McLaren Mercedes, 1.20.471 m

12 Esteban Ocon, Alpine Renault, 1,20,638 m

13 Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri-RBPT, 1,20,639 metres

Pierre Gasly XIV, AlphaTauri-RBPT, 1,20,861 metres

15th Guanyu Zhou, Alfa Romeo Ferrari, 1.21.094 meters

He was disqualified in Q1

16 Sebastian Vettel, Aston Martin Mercedes, 1.20.954 m

17 Fernando Alonso, Reno Alps, 1,21,043 m

18 Lance Stroll, Aston Martin Mercedes, 1.21.418 m

Alexander Albon XIX, Williams Mercedes, 1,21,645m

20 Nicholas Latifi, Williams Mercedes, 1,21,915m

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