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No further investigation is deemed necessary by the stewards for Russell leaving the track and gaining an advantage on the opening lap.Far from looking forward, Alonso is now being forced to look in his mirrors after Perez passes Zhou for P8 and begins to swarm all over the gearbox of the Aston Martin.Verstappen's lead was 3.7s over Sainz last time by, and continuing to grow. On lap 8 he was a full second quicker with the fastest lap of the race so far, a 1m19.894s.
After gaining positions through pitstops for Norris and Bottas, Leclerc has finally made his first overtake of the race to pass Albon for P16.It's a decisive move around the outside of the Aston into Turn 1 from Russell, and Hamilton is now looking to do the same to Stroll in what is developing into a proper battle over third.Russell has the investigation looming over him, but is pressing on for now and takes sixth from Alonso.Verstappen was seven tenths quicker than Sainz on lap five.
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/leclerc-to-start-spanish-gp-from-pitlane-as-ferrari-replaces-rear-end-/10478386/We're also having a dramatic rendition of the anthem of Catalunya on a remarkable grand piano that I reckon will take quite a few people to shift. Wonder how heavy that is compared to an F1 car?Drivers and dignitaries have gathered at the front of the grid for the Spanish national anthem.
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/aston-martin-explains-extent-of-damage-to-alonsos-f1-floor/10478449/Another Q2 casualty was Sergio Perez, who missed the cut by 0.051s to Nico Hulkenberg's Haas. It followed a Turn 5 off for the second Red Bull driver, which team boss Christian Horner believes"unsettled" his charge and leaves him to start 11th:
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/horner-q2-off-left-perez-unsettled-ahead-of-final-f1-qualifying-run/10478349/It was far from a clean qualifying yesterday though for Hamilton. He had a clash with George Russell on the pit straight during Q2 when Russell revealed he was"not aware" of his team-mate's presence.
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