Firstly, Qualifying was delayed. Then, nothing much happened for ten minutes or so. Our predictions were LeClerc for pole (me), Verstappen for pole (him) and Schumacher (me) and Latifi (him) to bring out a Red Flag during Qualifying. It was Stroll. Leaving lots of drivers in a precarious position of trying to qualify with two and half minutes left. Still, it's a street circuit, and one should know to get a banker lap in.
With seconds to go, thirteen cars were out on track and hoping to pass the chequered flag in time. The Haas made a last-minute overtake to be ahead of the McLarens on track. The back of the train were further hindered by a Yellow Flag in the second sector of the track. Albon was calling for Alonso (the bringer of the Yellow Flag), to be penalised for holding everyone up. There were no surprises with the two Williams drivers and the two Haas out with Stroll.
Qualifying 2 was then held up by Stroll's team mate Vettel, hitting the wall (who still made it into the final session???). Luckily, for the drivers, not for Aston Martin, he was able to reverse and get back to the grid. The session continued with no great drama. Both McLarens out and most of the usuals through.
The final Qualifying session was, once again, down to the Red Bulls and Ferraris. Perez, having looked very strong so far, conveniently wasn't fueled in time and let Verstappen out cleanly. Not to worry, he still popped his car ahead of this team mate to take second. With his recent record, Verstappen may fall out of love with this team quickly. Sainz didn't have the pace to match his team mate, who pulled his trade mark single spectacular lap out of the bag to take pole. There was no way the Mercerdes were in the mix as the bouncing looks unbearable, I don't know how they're going to keep it up for 2 hours.
Johnny Herbert has been let loose in the paddock again, not really asking questions and bewildering the drivers.
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