The recap continues! Saturday was qualifying, and the weather was awful. While that sucked for sitting in the stands in the pouring rain, if we were sitting at home watching this on TV, it would be exactly what we would have been hoping for! Qualifying under wet conditions almost always results in surprises and usually ends up with an interesting starting grid for race day.
It was a wet and rainy day with standing water on the track. Things were about to get interesting…
One of the Red Bulls tip toeing around the chicane heading into the pit straight.
Hamilton getting pushed back into the garage.
And this is why qualifying in the rain is great - the Red Bull of Sergio Perez in the wall! One of the favorite cars out in Q2 - we were in for an interesting session!
Red flag on the session in Q2 to get Perez’ car off the track.
We eventually got the session going again, and as expected there were some unusual results! Some of the slower teams produced great drives in the wet and made for a great final session.
At the end of qualifying we had a few real surprises. Verstappen took pole (not a surprise), but Alonzo in the Alpine drove an amazing lap and sole second, while Sainz in the Ferrari in third. BUt there were two Haas cars in the top 10!
Our top three cars on the starting grid for Sunday’s race.
