QUALIFYING

The 0.228-second gap between Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc did not accurately reflect the closeness of 2024’s opening qualifying bout, a tense encounter in which a handful of drivers could have realistically made an attempt for pole. It was Leclerc who actually set the fastest time across the whole of qualifying, a 1m29.165s that he’d logged in Q2, but the Monegasque was unable to replicate that lap when it really mattered. Verstappen, on the other hand, was a slowburner throughout the weekend’s practice sessions and built up to his qualifying lead bit by bit. When it came to the Q3 showdown, the first efforts hinted at a continuing close battle; Leclerc, George Russell and Carlos Sainz were all within two tenths of Verstappen’s initial 1m29.421s benchmark. Fernando Alonso, choosing to run only…

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Autosport (Digital) - 1 Issue, 07/03/24

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