Q2 ends with red flag due to <a href="https://www.archysport.com/2024/07/lando-norris-on-hungarian-grand-prix-pole-position/" title="Lando Norris on Hungarian Grand Prix pole position”>Tsunoda crash
After the first attempts in Q2, Norris repeated the good performance he had already shown in Q1 and set the fastest time, three tenths faster than Verstappen, while Leclerc left the track and had the first lap deleted, leaving him under pressure for the second. going to the track. But he managed a good lap and placed fourth, just behind his teammate Sainz.
Albon, who lost a lot of track time on Friday after crashing in first practice, adopted the strategy of making his second attempt very early, avoiding traffic. It’s a risky tactic because, in theory, whoever is on the track in the final moments will catch it in the best condition. But it ended up working out for the Thai to go to Q3 when Yuki Tsunoda crashed and caused a red flag.
This eliminated Tsunoda himself, who had been having a great weekend, and also his teammate Liam Lawson. Fernando Alonso, Lande Stroll and Valtteri Bottas also fell by the wayside, with Pierre Gasly being the big surprise: already in Q1, he had managed to stay among the 10 fastest and repeated the same in Q2 with an Alpine that has not been performing well and that will start 19th with Ocon.
Q3: Norris loses performance and Verstappen has lap deleted
As Ferrari needed two sets of tires to get through Q1, they were at a disadvantage in the end, having only one set of new tires on an afternoon when having new rubber was making a big difference. But Carlos Sainz still took provisional pole on his first attempt, helped by the deleted lap of Max Verstappen, who left the track on the tangent of turn 2.
