Sergio Perez continues to improve his times in qualifying, as he once again ranked among the first four places and will start behind Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and Valtteri Bottas the sprint race this Saturday in Brazil.
According to the planning of the Formula 1 at the beginning of the season, the Sao Paulo Grand Prix will be the third and last event of the year with a sprint race as a classification system, so this Friday the traditional fast lap classification was carried out.
lewis hamilton took advantage of the modifications to his engine and set a devastating time of 1:07:934, with which he finished above Verstappen by 438 tenths.
It was located below Valtteri Bottas, with 535 tenths below his Mercedes teammate; while Checo Perez was in fourth place, after marking a time of 1:08:438549 tenths below hamilton and just 111 tenths below his partnerfor which he confirmed his performance improvement aboard Red Bull.
Despite lewis hamilton will receive a penalty for changing a component of his power unit, this will occur until the feature race on Sunday, so it does not affect his classification or his starting position for the sprint race.
Five places on the starting grid will be the sanction received by the seven times world championso he will try to maintain his first position during the short race, with the aim of not losing many starting positions in the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
During the subsequent press conference, Sergio Perez He declared for the Fox Sports microphones that he did not feel comfortable during part of the classification; however, he hinted that he was pleased to have been so close to her. max verstappen and Valtteri Bottas.
He also emphasized the performance benefits he received hamilton for having modified his engine, for which he declared that the British was “in another league” this Friday during the qualifying session.
The rest of the top 10 was made up of Pierre Gasly, Carlos Sainz, Charles Leclerc, Lando Norris, Daniel Ricciardo and Fernando Alonsowho were in the strongest group in Q3, so a slight advantage of Ferrari about McLarenwho are disputing for third place in the Constructors’ Championship.
What is the Sprint Race?
The sprint race is a new initiative implemented by the Formula 1 which consists of modifying the qualifying system for the sunday racewhich is normally defined by the best times in the so-called quality.
In order to have more action during the weekend, the sprint race it is a qualifying race to accommodate the starting grid. It only has an extension of 100 kilometers on the circuit and lasts a maximum of 30 minutes.
Those who finish in the first three places, in addition to leaving in the best position for Sunday’s race, will add points in the drivers’ championship. First place will take pole position and three points; the second, two units, and finally a point for third place.
This race does not have a podium or ceremony, in addition to the fact that pit stops are not used, so it only replaces the fast lap classification, which was relocated to Fridays after a practice session, this with the aim of generating largest audience on Fridays and Saturdays.
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