Leclerc posted a time of 1 minute, 17.868 seconds to edge Pink Bull driver and defending collection champion Max Verstappen by .286 seconds
Leclerc posted a time of 1 minute, 17.868 seconds to edge Pink Bull driver and defending collection champion Max Verstappen by .286 seconds
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc claimed his second pole place of the yr with a blistering closing lap in qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix on Saturday.
Leclerc, who gained the season-opening race in Bahrain in March, posted a time of 1 minute, 17.868 seconds to edge Pink Bull driver and defending collection champion Max Verstappen by .286 seconds.
Pink Bull driver Sergio Perez certified in third place, whereas Lando Norris will begin from the second row in his McLaren after qualifying fourth.
Lewis Hamilton, who had claimed pole place within the six earlier Grand Prix races held in Melbourne, completed .957 seconds behind Leclerc in fifth.
The good drive from Leclerc gave Ferrari its first pole place in Melbourne since Kimi Raikkonen in 2007.
“It felt good. Much more, as a result of it was a observe I’ve all the time struggled at as a driver,” Leclerc mentioned.
“In Q3, I managed to drag every little thing collectively. It feels nice. Tomorrow we simply have to do a great begin and hopefully we will keep pole place.”
Verstappen mentioned he “did not actually really feel good within the automotive all weekend thus far” and that it had been a “little bit of a battle . . . for me, this weekend has been in all places. As a workforce, we would like extra.” In a serious renovation to the Melbourne observe, 5 corners have been reprofiled at Albert Park and two have been eliminated fully.
After two races, Leclerc leads the drivers’ championship with 45 factors, adopted by Sainz with 33 and Verstappen, who gained in Saudi Arabia two weeks in the past, with 25.
