Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Spanish GP: Qualifying - RE-CAP & RESULTS


SPANISH GP - QUALIFYING - RE-CAP & RESULTS

    Lewis Hamilton took Pole Position ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix while Brendon Hartley was forced to sit out of Qualifying as his Toro Rosso was repaired from his earlier crash in FP3.    

HOW IT WORKS:

Q1 = 18 minutes. All cars allowed to go out. At the end of the session, the five slowest are eliminated.
Q2 = 15 minutes. The remaining cars go out. At the end of the session, the five slowest are eliminated.
Q3 = 12 minutes. Final 10 cars go out. The final order at the end of the session is how the grid will line up. Fastest car starts from Pole Position.

GRID LINE-UP:

1. Lewis Hamilton / Mercedes-Mercedes / Great Britain
2. Valtteri Bottas / Mercedes-Mercedes / Finland
3. Sebastian Vettel / Ferrari-Ferrari / Germany
4. Kimi Raikkonen / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland
5. Max Verstappen / Red Bull Racing-TAG-Heuer / Netherlands
6. Daniel Ricciardo / Red Bull Racing-TAG-Heuer / Australia
7. Kevin Magnussen / Haas-Ferrari / Denmark
8. Fernando Alonso / McLaren-Renault / Spain
9. Carlos Sainz / Renault-Renault / Spain
10. Romain Grosjean / Haas-Ferrari / France
11. Stoffel Vandoorne / McLaren-Renault / Belgium
12. Pierre Gasly / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / France
13. Esteban Ocon / Force India-Mercedes / France
14. Charles Leclerc / Sauber-Ferrari / Monaco
15. Sergio Perez / Force India-Mercedes / Mexico
16. Nico Hulkenberg / Renault-Renault / Germany
17. Marcus Ericsson / Sauber-Ferrari / Sweden
18. Lance Stroll / Williams-Mercedes / Canada
19. Sergey Sirotkin / Williams-Mercedes / Russia*

DID NOT QUALIFY - Brendon Hartley / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / New Zealand**+

* - (Sirotkin) 3-Place-Grid-Penalty for causing a collision during the Azerbaijan GP
** - (Hartley) 5-Place-Grid-Penalty for unscheduled gearbox change
+ - (Hartley) Granted permission by stewards to race after failing to set a time within the 107% regulation.

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Article Written By: Amy Hawk
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