Verstappen Finished Ahead in Qualifications at Yas Marina

in Formula 1 championship excitement It continues on the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The excitement of Formula 1, which started in Bahrain on March 28, will end with the 22nd race, Yas Marina, and the champion will be determined.

As you know, in Formula 1 Both Verstappen and Hamilton must finish the race ahead of each other to become champions. will be enough. As a matter of fact, if both drivers are out of the race (if the FIA ​​does not impose a penalty), Max Verstappen will have declared the championship due to the number of wins. Here are the developments during the week before the Yas Marina Race, which will determine the champion of the season…

Refurbished track smiles at Mercedes

many people That Yas Marina has turned into a Mercedes track with its renewed form. it states. Lewis Hamilton also explained that the new version of the track is much more fun.

Masi announces that he will not hesitate to delete points

Mercedes and Red Bull team bosses who made gentlemanly statements after Masi’s statement

F1 fans think of Sunday’s race Verstappen could deliberately smash into Hamilton to win the title The idea might come. While some F1 fans say it’s possible, a deliberate collision could be a hard bill to pay for both Verstappen and Red Bull.

As a matter of fact, due to these allegations, Championship Director Michael Masi also stated that in case of an unsportsmanlike act. “point deletion penalty” announced that they would not hesitate to use it.

Things may change color if Hamilton gets reprimanded.

happening in Saudi Arabia Lewis Hamilton, who was reprimanded for the second time for Nikita Mazepin incidentif he/she receives any reprimand at Yas Marina; for the third reprimand A 10-row grid penalty will be waiting.

Special moments at Yas Marina

McLaren teamwill compete with a special design for Yas Marina. It was announced that this special design was created with the “Driven by Change” campaign.

Williams’ British driver, George Russsel, has signed a contract with Mercedes for next year. This will be Valtteri Bottas’ last race with Mercedes and George Russell’s with Williams. Old Wolf Kimi Räikkönen’s last race in F1 it will be.

Also because it was Räikkönen’s last race, teammate Antonio Giovinazzi with a special helmet will compete. In the design of the helmet, references were made to the helmet design that Kimi used during his championship period in 2007 and Thanks Kimi (Thanks Kimi) text added.

1st session of training tours

Specially designed McLaren vehicle

First training session at Yas Marina Red Bull’s Dutch driver Max Verstappen finished ahead. Bottas, Hamilton and Perez followed the ranking; Except for a few blockages by Sainz, nothing significant happened in the session.

2nd session of training tours

2nd session of the training section Mercedes’ British driver Lewis Hamilton while completing in the first place; Ocon, Bottas, Verstappen and Perez rounded out the top five.

3rd session of training tours

The last training session at Yas Marina again Lewis Hamilton while completing ahead; Verstappen, Bottas and Perez made the top four spots. Hamilton in this session when overrun several times due to tire locking; Verstappen due to balance problem rear wing change gone. Just as with Hamilton’s exhaust change, Verstappen was not penalized for the wing change. Kimi Räikkönen had a minor accident in this session.

Qualifying Session 1 (Q1): Old Wolf qualified for the last time

In Q1, the first four rows were Hamilton, Bottas, Verstappen and Perez; Nicholas Latifi, Mr. Saturday (Russell), in his final race with Williams, Old Wolf Kimi Räikkönen, who raced the last race of his 20-year career, Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin were eliminated in the first session.

6 minutes before the end of the session, Mick Schumacher hit the pontoon and Lando Norris made a red flag decision and the session was interrupted for 1 minute.

Qualifying Session 2 (Q2): The fateful moment for Red Bull

in the second part Red Bulls top two places while taking (Verstappen and Perez); Hamilton was third and Bottas was sixth. Eliminated names were Alonso, Gasly, Stroll, Giovinazzi and Vettel.

First try in this session Max Verstappen has gone off track and has severe burns on his tires formed. Vettel and Tsunoda also caused us to see a short-lived yellow flag. Since Verstappen does not have zero set tires as a medium compound, it was eagerly awaited what decision Red Bull would take after burnt tyres. After a short break, Max Verstappen put on a new set of soft tyres, and went back to the track. In addition, Perez, who was in the elimination hoop, took the track with soft tires.

With these decisions, it became clear that Verstappen will start the race tomorrow with soft tyres. In addition, Vettel and Alonso reacted particularly harshly due to the traffic in the last seconds of the session.

Qualifying Round 3 (Q3): Perez sacrifices himself for the team

in this session With the support of Sergio Perez’s air corridor, Max Verstappen had a great tour. He outdid Lewis Hamilton by more than half a second on his first try. Hamilton’s difference on his last try 0.37 even though it was reduced to seconds, this was not enough and Verstappen went first.

tomorrow at 16 CET While Verstappen started the race on the first line, the last race of the season to start and the race where the champion will be determined; Hamilton, Norris, Perez, Sainz and Bottas will follow.