[Sports Road News]F1 Saudi Arabia qualifying session was held late yesterday (26th), the race was suspended for nearly an hour due to two “speculations”, and finally Red Bull driver Sergio Perez overwhelmed in Q3 Two Ferraris, made the first start in F1 career. As for the Pingzhi Hamilton (Lewis Hamilton), he was out in Q1 again after 5 years, which is surprising.
A few days ago, the oil depot 12 kilometers away from the track was bombed with missiles by the Houthis. After many discussions, the race decided to continue the race. Among them, Nicholas Latifi of Williams Racing “self-fired” in the early Q1 of the ranking race, which triggered a red flag to suspend the race. Return to the pits out. The performance of the McLaren team using the Pingzhi engine has improved compared to the Bahrain station, with Lando Norris and Daniel Riccardo joining Q2.
But the most surprising thing is that last season’s Saudi champion and 7-time F1 leader Hamilton has been eliminated in Q1 for the first time since the 2017 Brazil Grand Prix. The Briton was 15th in 1:30.343 on the third lap, but was overtaken by Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll in 0.087s at the last minute and 16th out of the race , and another Pingzhi driver, Russell, advanced to Q2 in fourth place.
Afterwards, a serious accident occurred in the middle and latter stages of Q2. Haas driver Mick Schumacher slammed onto the guardrail at high speed at turn 12, causing serious damage to the body and the red flag was dispatched again. Mick Shumecca was consciously taken to an ambulance and then taken to the hospital by helicopter. Haas team leader Guenther Steiner later said that Mick Shumecca needed to stay in the hospital for further observation and would therefore miss the race. As for Farley, he arranged the first and second promotions in Q2, ahead of Perez and Westerben, who were third and fourth in Red Bull.
However, Perez returned to the color in Q3. At the finale, he only beat Lu Klay to get the first head start of his F1 career by 0.025 seconds. Another “Red Army” driver Carlos Sainz took the 2nd place in a row. Starting in 3rd place, he also surpassed the last F1 champion Max Verstappen in 4th place. After the race, Perez said: “This lap is really unbelievable. I believe that running more than 1,000 laps is not as good as that lap. Our results in qualifying may not be as promising as Ferrari’s, we are more focused on the race. performance, so hopefully we can beat them tomorrow.”
A total of 50 laps of the F1 Saudi Arabia Grand Prix will be held at 1 pm Hong Kong time tonight (27th).
F1Saudi Arabia Race Schedule (Hong Kong Time)
March 25
22:00-23:00 Practice Match 1
March 26
0100-0200 Practice 2
2200-2300 Practice 3
March 27
01:00-02:00 Qualifying
March 28
01:00-03:00 Race
This article is by “Sportsroad“Originally published in “[F1 Saudi Arabia]Perez won the F1 career “pole position” for the first time, Hamilton upset Q1 out of the “Shu Mai Tsai” serious car accident and retire from the race」