the dutch Max Verstappen (Red Bull), last world champion, won this Saturday the first qualifying through a sprint test of the season and will start first at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prixthe room of world of Formula Onewhich is disputed in imola circuit.
Verstappen won the shortened race -of a third of the main one, that is: 21 laps and just over 103 kilometers- ahead of Monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), leader of the World Cup, which was second; and his Mexican partner Sergio Pérez, which this Sunday will start third, after starting seventh. The three they added 8, 7 and 6 points, respectivelyin a sprint in which, unlike last year -which only three did-, the first eight scored.
Sainz added five points extra with those who snatched second place in the championship from Englishman George Russell (Mercedes), which did not pass eleventh and did not add this Saturday. The talented driver from Madrid, recently renewed until 2024 with the Scuderia, will start from the second row, next to Czechthis Sunday.
The McLaren Drivers, English lando norris and the australian Daniel Ricciardowere fifth and sixth; they added 4 and 3 units to those they had in the general; and they will face the test from the third row.
The double world champion Fernando Alonso (Alpine), who had started fifth, finished ninth -without points- and will start in that position, from the fifth row, next to the German Mike Schumacher (Haas), which was tenth in the sprint.
From the fourth they will do the Finn Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo), who added two extra points by finishing seventh; and the dane Kevin Magnussen (Alfa Romeo), eighth and that ‘was left that way with the last unit left in the game.
The fourth race of the seasonscheduled to 63 laps to complete a route of 309 kilometers, will be played this Sunday from three in the local afternoon, 8:00 Ecuador time. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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