Montmeló (Barcelona) (EFE).- The Dutch Max Verstappen (Red Bull), leader of the championship, will start first this Sunday, ahead of the Spanish Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) in the Spanish Grand Prix, the seventh Formula One World Cup , which takes place at the Montmeló circuit (Barcelona).
Verstappen, 25, signed his twenty-fourth pole position in the premier class this Saturday by covering the 4,675 meters of the Barcelona track in one minute, twelve seconds and 272 thousandths, 463 less than Sainz.
The Englishman Lando Norris (McLaren) will start third this Sunday, in a race that the other Spaniard, the double world champion Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) will face from ninth place; and the Mexican Sergio Pérez (Red Bull); eliminated in Q2, from eleventh.
Sainz : Second place was the best I could hope for, I needed this result
The Spanish Carlos Sainz (Ferrari), who this Sunday will start second in the Spanish Grand Prix, the seventh of the Formula One World Cup, which takes place at the Montmeló circuit (Barcelona), declared that he is “happy” with this result, that it was “the most I could hope for” and that it was something “that I needed”.
“I needed this result,” said Sainz, 28 years old and sixth in the World Cup, as soon as he got out of the car. “I gave it my all, I didn’t leave anything on the table and I felt very good at all times,” he added.
“Second was the most I could hope for today. Now I will focus on going for the podium tomorrow”, declared Sainz, who will start from the front row next to the Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull), leader of the World Cup and who led him by 463 thousandths.
‘Checo’ and Russell, eliminated in the second round (Q2) of the Montmeló Formula One GP
The Mexican Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) -second in the championship- and the Englishman George Russell (Mercedes) were eliminated this Saturday in the first round of qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix, the seventh of the Formula One World Cup, which will be dispute at the Montmeló circuit (Barcelona).
The Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull), leader of the World Cup, set the best time of the round, covering the 4,675 meters of the Barcelona track in one minute, twelve seconds and 760 thousandths, only 16 less than the Englishman Lando Norris (McLaren ) and with only 30 thousandths of an advantage over the Spanish Carlos Sainz (Ferrari).