2019 Brazilian GP - Build up - Practice - Qualifying

[tifosi1993]

ran a little wide before teh long straight...so maybe lost a bit of time

He lost the P2 because of that. On his first lap he did 16.041, second lap 15.804. (purple sector 3)

Q3 Ultimate lap:

Max 1:07.447
Lec 1:07.486
Ham 1:07.599
Vet 1:07.631

[PURE PASSION]

Anyhow this year was not good for us since day one so nothing to lose now just a good picture in the end.
Let's just hope that we are cooking something good for next year!!!

[tifosi1993]

Qualifying sectors (Top 6)

Sector 1:
Leclerc 17.417
Verstappen 17.425
Vettel 17.462
Hamilton 17.532
Bottas 17.621
Albon 17.631

Sector 2:
Verstappen 34.195
Hamilton 34.248
Leclerc 34.265
Bottas 34.330
Vettel 34.346
Albon 34.384

Sector 3:
Leclerc 15.804
Bottas 15.817
Hamilton 15.819
Vettel 15.823
Verstappen 15.827
Albon 15.897

[bondilad]

Verstappen was almost 2 tenths slower than his Q2 lap. So it is not close. With a clean lap, he will be light years ahead.

His second Q3 lap was clean

[nani_s23]

Qualifying sectors (Top 6)

Sector 1:
Leclerc 17.417
Verstappen 17.425
Vettel 17.462
Hamilton 17.532
Bottas 17.621
Albon 17.631

Sector 2:
Verstappen 34.195
Hamilton 34.248
Leclerc 34.265
Bottas 34.330
Vettel 34.346
Albon 34.384

Sector 3:
Leclerc 15.804
Bottas 15.817
Hamilton 15.819
Vettel 15.823
Verstappen 15.827
Albon 15.897

In this picture it doesn’t show anywhere ferrari is fastest on straights ????

[nani_s23]

Vettel only chance is at the start. Where he can manage race pace if he takes the lead. Else P2/P3 max for us tmrw.
Ferrari should have sent Lec on mediums for q2 in order to push his 1st stint long.

[bondilad]

Vettel only chance is at the start. Where he can manage race pace if he takes the lead. Else P2/P3 max for us tmrw.
Ferrari should have sent Lec on mediums for q2 in order to push his 1st stint long.

He's on mediums

[Ferrarichamp]

we have a car on the front row. I don't think we should give up any hope of winning the race

[icedeepan]

To be fair, that was a good performance from Ferrari. Keeping a slight advantage on the straights but only 0.06 off the aero strong Redbull in sector 2 in Leclerc's ideal lap case.

I would take that for next year instead of just being a bullet down the straights.

[Ferrarichamp]

btw, last time we won here was 2 years ago, Seb started the race in P2.

[nani_s23]

He's on mediums

Sure ??? Saw him on Softs I think so.

[KimiBot]

Anyhow this year was not good for us since day one so nothing to lose now just a good picture in the end.
Let's just hope that we are cooking something good for next year!!!

Really strange year, up and down, roller coaster

[ferenc_k]

Sure ??? Saw him on Softs I think so.

Lec 's fastest Q2 lap was on medium.

[nani_s23]

Really strange year, up and down, roller coaster

Yeah... roller coaster is the best term for Ferrari performance.

[nani_s23]

Lec 's fastest Q2 lap was on medium.

Ok thanks for clarification.

[stefa]

Last Ferrari pole in Brasil was back in 2008 with Fellipe Masa

[nani_s23]

Last Ferrari pole in Brasil was back in 2008 with Fellipe Masa

That was too long...!! Still we are waiting.

[Schumir9]

That was too long...!! Still we are waiting.

Vettel going off at redbull's straight-line in post qualy press and interviews.. Max can't even take a bloody joke. Was leclerc using 2020 spec or new PU spec 3?

[nani_s23]

Vettel going off at redbull's straight-line in post qualy press and interviews.. Max can't even take a bloody joke. Was leclerc using 2020 spec or new PU spec 3?

It’s new PU spec3 not 2020. Mattia said 2020 spec isn’t ready yet.

[KimiBot]

https://www.crash.net/f1/news/934083...-gp-qualifying

[Rob]

Sebastian Vettel #5
“Max put in a strong lap and so we can be happy with a front row start. I think our performance matched our expectations and it is good that our lap time was reasonably close. It puts us in a good position for tomorrow.
We improved the car, it felt better and it was coming alive in quali, I am reasonably optimistic that we are in good shape for the race, but we will have to wait and see. It is supposed to be a bit warmer and it will be important to look after the tyres and to make the right strategy calls.
It will also be key to get a good start. The weather is unpredictable here in Interlagos, there could be sunshine but it might rain. 71 laps means it’s a long race and I think it will be fun.”

Charles Leclerc #16
“It was not the best qualifying. The team gave me a great car and I believe that the potential was there for us to take pole today. I am disappointed about the mistake I made on the last corner of my first lap in Q3, because I lost about three tenths there. It doesn’t change too much though because I will be starting from the midfield tomorrow due to the grid penalty we have received.
We completed some high fuel runs this morning to work on our race pace, as this is where we have the most room for improvement. We will do our best to apply what we learned there tomorrow. It’s good that we qualified on the medium tyres and I hope that we will be able to gain an advantage and pass some of the cars ahead. It won’t be an easy race and I will give the maximum to make up as many places as possible and hopefully fight for a podium.”

Mattia Binotto Team Principal
“As usual here in Brazil, because of the very short lap length, qualifying was really close with very small gaps between the cars. Max deserved pole, but the group behind him is split by just a few tenths and hundredths. As for our performance, second and fourth is still a good result and Seb can have a good race starting from the front row.
It’s shame Charles has to start further down the order tomorrow. At least he is on the Medium tyres which suited him and that will be important in the first stint, because we expect that tyre to perform more consistently and be less susceptible to the effects of temperature. He did a good lap, apart from a mistake in the final corner and but for that, I think he could have set the fastest time.
We know anything can happen tomorrow and we will try and run a good race. The track is evolving a lot, given that this morning it was very different to yesterday. In qualifying, our drivers felt the car was working better than in FP3, when we concentrated on car balance to best manage tyre degradation, but it’s hard to predict what might happen in the race.”

[Rob]

[mizf1]

Anyone have the speed trap figures?

[Cevertmyhero]

I am sorry to the mods as this is off topic but I'm very curious.
Can someone tell me why Kvyat was refused a helmet design change for his home grand prix this season but Hamilton has been allowed a new senna tribute helmet here. Why is one allowed and the other not?

Also Forza Ferrari. Go Seb and Charles tomorrow.

[jgonzalesm6]

Anyone have the speed trap figures?

here ya go.....

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJhlTLPW4AA7TUh.png

[jgonzalesm6]

I am sorry to the mods as this is off topic but I'm very curious.
Can someone tell me why Kvyat was refused a helmet design change for his home grand prix this season but Hamilton has been allowed a new senna tribute helmet here. Why is one allowed and the other not?

Also Forza Ferrari. Go Seb and Charles tomorrow.

Google "Kvyat refused helmet design". You should get a plethora of info.

[Liscia]

Thanks for the pictures Rob! Our car seems to be the best looking of this year's crop but then I may be biased?

[gump1480]

https://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/...gegen-ferrari/

This is interesting. Looks like we didn't run the trick in Qualifying.

[paolo lalli]

May be it's red bull who are cheating and they have started a dust storm to deflect from them selves.Iwas once told be wary of a Japanese person offering you gifts.Red bull should be investigated and the bag carrier for the spice girls Mr honer followed by Dr Death himself Marko.

[bondilad]

May be it's red bull who are cheating and they have started a dust storm to deflect from them selves.Iwas once told be wary of a Japanese person offering you gifts.Red bull should be investigated and the bag carrier for the spice girls Mr honer followed by Dr Death himself Marko.

Funny I was wondering the same... just put all attention on ferrari while they break the rules. Maybe they should be investigated like you said.