Something happened to the car between FP3 and qualifying, as it went from being 1.3 seconds off the top time in FP3 to three seconds slower.
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Under the bright lights of qualifying for the 2022 Formula One season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, Aston Martin’s Nico Hulkenberg and Lance Stroll were stranded in Q1, finishing 17th and 19th respectively. Hulkenberg was called up at the last minute to fill in for Sebastian Vettel, who was out with corona. He did a good job, but Stroll in the other Aston Martin was even slower. Lawrence Stroll and his merry band of pals did not sign up for this.
“We are obviously disappointed by today’s qualifying performance, but we will work hard this evening to see what we can do to optimise our race pace and strategy for tomorrow,” said team principal Mike Krack. “There is not a lot more to say at this stage, but we are racers and we will work as hard and as fast as possible to remedy the situation,” he added.
Something happened to the car between FP3 and qualifying, as it went from being 1.3 seconds off the top time in FP3 to being three seconds slower in the evening session at Sakhir.
“We made some changes to the car and perhaps they were in the wrong direction. In qualifying, we did not have the grip to extract the performance,” said Lance Stroll. We need to go over the data and understand it so we can learn from this. The early races are going to be a learning curve as we try to understand the car more. We will come back ready to try to make progress in the race,” he added.
n a qualifying session that went down to the wire in Bahrain, Charles Leclerc took the first pole position of the 2022 Formula One World Championship, ahead of reigning champion Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz. In Q1, Ferarri’s Leclerc was the fastest, but Red Bull’s Verstappen fought back in Q2, qualifying for the top-10 shootout in one go. In Q3, the stage was set for a showdown between the champion and the prancing horse.
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Leclerc then set a new track record of 1m 30.558s, securing his second Bahrain Grand Prix pole. Verstappen was only 0.123s ahead of Sainz, who couldn’t improve on his first run and finished third by 0.129s. Perez, Verstappen’s teammate, finished fourth in a distant P4.
