Lando Norris did not disappoint and took pole position in the standings Singapore Grand Prix of Formula 1The Briton was the big favourite and confirmed the good feelings from training to start again first after the break. Baku. Behind you will have a magical world. Max Verstappenwith which he intends to repeat another of his classic confrontations of this World.
The third in the running was Lewis Hamiltonwho raised Mercedes’ performance on a circuit where it never left the top 5 in qualifying. Alongside him, his partner George Russell and behind Oscar Piastri (5th) and Nico Hulkenberg (6th). Fernando Alonso worked magic with three exceptional times that took him to seventh place on the starting grid on Sunday and Carlos Sainz He will start tenth after suffering an accident at the start of Q3. Yuki Tsunoda (8th) and Charles Leclerc (9th), a bad Saturday Ferrariclose the first ten positions.
With McLaren In another galaxy, the first quarter gave no respite to any team. No one took any risks in the last round, except the papaya drivers, who qualified for Q2 with used tires. The rest, all with new ones to seek a very tight place in the top 15. There were no surprises and the eliminated were Daniel Ricciardo (16th), Lance Walk (17th), Pierre Gasly (18th), Valtteri Bottas (19th) and Guan Yu Zhou (20th). Alonso qualified in eighth place with an incredible time, framed between the two Williamswhile Sainz easily moved into sixth position.
And Alonso, who had all the obstacles in the world to not do it, achieved a titanic classification in Q3, beating the Williams and also Czech Perezthe big surprise of the session. The Mexican was again eliminated early and will start in thirteenth position, behind Alex Albon (11th) and Franco Colapinto (12th) and ahead Kevin Magnussen (14th) and Esteban Ocon (15th). Sainz advanced without any problems during a session in which Piastri, winner in Baku the previous weekend, emerged as leader.
Sainz crash and Norris pole
When the adrenaline could not be higher with a start of Q3, more than decisive on a circuit like that of Marine BaySainz has left us all cold with a new accident six days after the one he suffered on the penultimate lap of the Azerbaijan GPThe Spaniard made a mistake after letting Piastri pass on his flying lap and as he was about to start his own, he miscalibrated on a corner and the cold tyres played tricks on him, smashing the rear of his Ferrari into a wall.
The red flag lasted for a quarter of an hour and the action took a few more minutes to return as everyone rushed for an attempt. Pole went to Norris and he will be followed by Verstappen on the front of the grid. Alonso put in another spectacular and magical lap to start seventh, behind Hulkenberg, his possible first victim in the race this Sunday at 14:00.
