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00:00Lando Norris, potentially noted for an unsafe release.
00:05Yuki Tsunoda was coming down, minding his own business,
00:08and Lando was released straight into the path of the Alfa Tauri.
00:12Now, no harm done, but it's going to be investigated after the session.
00:21George Russell in the car right behind Yuki Tsunoda.
00:25Magnusson could be in a little bit of bother here
00:30as he makes his way around the banking for the end of his final flying lap of this Q1 session
00:35and only goes 12th fastest. That might not be enough for Kevin Magnusson.
00:40Mick Schumacher goes into the top eights and into the 1 minute 11s.
00:44Valtteri Bottas is picking up time, but not a huge amount,
00:47and he could be struggling too. 148 races.
00:51Valtteri Bottas making it out of Q1, and Spara didn't go well
00:56because of the power unit penalties. It might not go too well here either.
00:59Joe Guanyu, 10th fastest. What of Valtteri Bottas?
01:03Personal best, Sebastian Vettel says the best overall first sector.
01:06Bottas only 12th fastest ahead of Stroll and Magnusson,
01:10and, well, sadly we're for him within such a distance of that bottom five.
01:14So Vettel's going well, Stroll's going well, goes fourth fastest.
01:18That's the Aston Martin pace we've seen for much of this weekend.
01:22Ricciardo crosses the line, only 17th fastest for Daniel Ricciardo.
01:26He is out in Q1 for what is a third time this season,
01:31and that's massive disappointment for him as his teammate Lando Norris goes third fastest.
01:35Yuki Tsunoda goes second fastest as he crosses the line.
01:40Esteban Ocon only 12th fastest.
01:42Carlos Sainz might find himself in a bit of danger.
01:45Not a great first sector from Carlos Sainz either.
01:48Pierre Gasly next to across the line. Gasly goes 11th fastest,
01:51pushes Sainz a little bit further down.
01:54Sebastian Vettel has pitted at the end of the lap that he was on.
01:59What happened? Sebastian Vettel making his way then towards the stadium section.
02:04Oh dear. That, well, towards the final corner there.
02:09That is how you ruin what could have been a really impressive lap right at the last.
02:13And once it started drifting, he couldn't hold it.
02:16And that is the first part of qualifying over and done with.
02:19And Nicolas Latifi's slowest qualifying for the third time in the last four races.
02:23Vettel, Ricciardo, Magnus and Bottas also join him out.
02:29Leclerc powers his way at 140 miles an hour around the banking of the final corner.
02:34Down the straight, that's more like it for him and for Ferrari into the one minute tens.
02:39And six hundredths of a second slower than Max Verstappen who has stayed out, stayed in the garage I should say.
02:45Joe Guanyu goes tenth fastest. Alex Albon is out of qualifying as Lando Norris goes fourth fastest overall.
02:52He's not at risk. Joe Guanyu certainly is. Here's Mick Schumacher.
02:56Crosses the line, gets into Q3 for the time being.
03:00Joe Guanyu is out of Q3.
03:03Checker flag now flying as Carlos Sainz goes fastest overall by tenth of a second from Max Verstappen.
03:08Ferrari now showing Red Bull very much what they're made of here.
03:12And it's Verstappen and Sainz into Q3 as they have been at every race so far this season.
03:17Ocon tenth fastest. Alonso, his teammate, is on a flying lap.
03:22And at the moment he is in the bottom five.
03:24Yuki Tsunoda went very rapid at the end of Q1 and he's put himself into the top ten.
03:29Esteban Ocon is out of qualifying in that Alpine.
03:33Here comes Pierre Gasly and he's not made it. Qualified fourth last year, hasn't made it to Q3 this year.
03:40What about Fernando Alonso? Crosses the line, stays 13th.
03:43That is massive disappointment for Alpine for whom Ocon and Alonso both out.
03:49And the man who's tipped to replace Alonso and Alpine also out in Q2.
03:53Alex Albon was the slowest driver. Joe Guanyu also out as I mentioned.
03:57Fernando Alonso, Ocon, Pierre Gasly all out. Sainz the fastest.
04:02Verstappen crosses the line. There's your target for everyone to now aim at.
04:081-10-5. Max Verstappen, first car to cross the line in Q3.
04:14And let's see who can get closest or even try and beat it.
04:18Not his teammate on this occasion. Perez, half a second down.
04:21Hamilton's gone quickest through the middle sector.
04:24Crosses the line George Russell to go third fastest with a 1-11-1.
04:28He was on the used tyres, remember. New tyres for Hamilton as Leclerc goes fastest overall in the middle sector.
04:34Hamilton goes second fastest behind Verstappen.
04:37Less than a tenth of a second difference between the two cars.
04:42Or just over a tenth of a second I should say.
04:44But here's one to watch. Charles Leclerc has got a burst of pace and goes quickest.
04:50On onto provisional pole.
04:52Through the last corner, DRS opening. Look at his head's down.
04:55He's got his head down as low as he can go.
04:57Trying for every last thousandth of a second and it's worked. It's improved.
05:02A 1-10-3. That's what the rest are now chasing.
05:05Carlos Sainz had a very good first sector and a decent middle sector too.
05:09He's very much in touch. Max Verstappen aced the middle sector.
05:13It was on pole last year. His DRS wasn't working. He was still on pole.
05:16It's working now. Verstappen crosses the line.
05:19It's working enough to put Verstappen on pole and listen to that roar.
05:23But it's only provisional pole because there's others that can take it.
05:26Sainz won't. Nine hundredths of a second.
05:29Carlos Sainz is away from the pace and Sergio Perez has crashed at the final corner.
05:36And what a dramatic end to qualifying. Let's look what happened to Sergio Perez.
05:40Not the way you want to end qualifying, but yeah, he was trying to find that extra time.
05:45Ferrari starting on the front row at Zanvoort alongside the home hero Max Verstappen.
05:52A definite shout out for the Mercedes boys though.
05:54Lewis didn't get to finish his lap and I don't think George did either.
05:57His last sector was much slower, so I think he just got to the yellow flag.
06:01Fine.
06:04Well let me though.
06:06Lesson.
06:07Well let me know.
06:10Yeah.
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