Max Verstappen sprinted to his third win of the year. Piastri finished ahead of Norris in second place.
Max Verstappen won the sprint shootout. Lando Norris started from the front row next to him. The second row belonged to Piastri and Russell, third to Sainz and Hamilton, fourth to Pérez and Ocon, fifth to Gasly and Leclerc.
Sprint
The riders had to complete the warm-up lap twice. The start was delayed – allegedly due to the presence of photographers in the first corner.
Verstappen took first place at the start. The Ferrari drivers had a good start. Sainz got ahead of Russell, Leclerc moved up three places to seventh behind Hamilton.
In the 5th lap, Lando Norris got in front of Max Verstappen, who overtook him again a few hundred meters later. Oscar Piastri took advantage of the fight, who got to second place ahead of Norris.
On the eighth lap, Russell got back ahead of Sainz to the fourth position he had started from. After 10 laps, Piastri lost DRS to Verstappen. The Red Bull driver gradually moved away from him and Piastri had to look in the mirrors. He had teammate Lando Norris behind him.
In the rest of the sprint, there was no change in the scoring positions. But it was fought in the rear positions. Hülkenberg got ahead of Alonso, who went off the track during the fight and Daniel Ricciardo took advantage of that.
Max Verstappen remains undefeated after three sprints this year. McLaren drivers accompanied him to the imaginary podium.
The parc fermé mode ended temporarily with the start of the sprint. So the teams can work on their cars. Qualifying for tomorrow’s race starts at 16:00.
The results
P. Driver Team Time / lost Laps Points 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull – 23 8 2 Oscar Piastri McLaren 4.616 23 7 3 Lando Norris McLaren 5.348 23 6 4 George Russell Mercedes 8.354 23 5 5 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 9.989 23 4 6 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 11.207 23 3 7 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 13.424 23 2 8 Sergio Pérez Red Bull 17.409 23 1 9 Kevin Magnussen Haas 24.067 23 10 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 30.175 23 11 Esteban Ocon Alpine 30.839 23 12 Pierre Gasly Alpine 31.308 23 13 Júki Cunoda RB 35.452 23 14 Daniel Ricciardo RB 39.397 23 15 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 43.155 23 16 Logan Sargeant Williams 44.076 23 17 Alexander Albon Williams 44.673 23 18 Valtteri Bottas Kick Sauber 46.511 23 19 Nico Hülkenberg* Haas 38.423 23 20 Kuan-ju Chou Kick Sauber 53.143 23
* Penalty 10 seconds
Progress
Target:
22/23: Hulk battled with Alonso, who went off the track and was overtaken by Ricciardo as well.
18/23: McLaren drivers are fighting each other. Meanwhile, Verstappen is 3.3s ahead of them.
14/23: Piastri is already 2 seconds behind Verstappen. Norris is now faster…
13/23:
11/23: Verstappen got out of Piastri’s DRS…
8/23: Russell got ahead of Sainz.
8/23: Piastri close to Verstappen, but no attack yet.
5/23: Verstappen attacked Norris to get back into the lead and Piastri also got ahead of Norris.
5/23: Norris ahead of Verstappen!
3/23: Norris is close to Verstappen.
1/23:
Start: Verstappen took care of the first bridge, Sainz ahead of Russell. Leclerc seventh behind Hamilton.
12:05: Ah… so supposedly the photographers are standing at the first corner, where they have nothing to do.
12:03: Start postponed, another warm-up lap. The sprint will be shortened by one lap. Apparently a problem with the starter lights. All the cars are in motion. The start can also be delayed due to a problem with a car…
12:00: Riders head out for a warm-up lap…
11:59: Only Sauber drivers have a new intermediate…
11:58: Sprint tires: All on mediums
11:52: Track temperature rose to 42°C.
11:46: The air temperature is below 30 °C, but the sun is burning… so engineers cool their laptops with dry ice.
11:45: starting grid
Mr. Jezdec Team Note. 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull 2 Lando Norris McLaren 3 Oscar Piastri McLaren 4 George Russell Mercedes 5 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 6 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 7 Sergio Pérez Red Bull 8 Esteban Ocon Alpine 9 Pierre Gasly Alpine 10 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 11 Kevin Magnussen Haas 12 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 13 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 14 Júki Cunoda RB 15 Logan Sargeant Williams 16 Daniel Ricciardo RB 17 Nico Hülkenberg Haas 18 Valtteri Bottas Sauber 19 Kuan-yu Chou Sauber box Alexander Albon Williams
11:40: Sprint is run for 100 km. The choice of tires is free.
11:36: Both this year’s sprints (in China and Miami) were won by Verstappen, who will start from first place today. Pérez also finished in third place in both. Second place was taken by Hamilton and Leclerc.
McLaren drivers will be closer to the podium today. Norris starts second, Piastri third.
11:33: There was a change from the shootout. Alex Albon has made changes to the car and will start from the pits. The team will treat the sprint as a test before qualifying and the race. We remind you that changes can be made to the car between the sprint and qualifying.
11:32: The air temperature is 27 °C, the track is 40 °C.
11:31: The riders went to the starting grid.
11:30: Welcome to the Sprint Live Stream.
2024-06-29 12:35:45
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