Wednesday, October 24, 2018

US GP: Qualifying - RE-CAP & RESULTS


US GP - QUALIFYING - RE-CAP & RESULTS

    Lewis Hamilton took pole position ahead of the US Grand Prix, while 4 other drivers picked up grid penalties.

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

* - (Vettel) 3-Place-Grid-Penalty for failing to slow sufficiently under Red Flags during FP1
** - (Verstappen & Hartley) 5-Place-Grid-Penalty for unscheduled gearbox changes
+ - (Gasly & Hartley) Grid-Penalty for multiple engine component changes

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