Max Verstappen will join Charles Leclerc in starting at the back of grid after accruing penalties, while Sergio Pérez starts second after qualifying third for Red Bull
The musical chairs continued from top to bottom on the grid, and only two drivers will start within two places of their finishing positions in qualifying. Red Bull’s Sergio Pérez was third , Alpine’s Fernando Alonso in sixth , while Verstappen’s title rival, Ferrari’sMercedes had been optimistic going into the weekend but were to be sorely disappointed.
“The other two teams in front of us are in another league and our car looks so much different to theirs.”Photograph: Stéphane Mahé/Reuters Not least because the real optimism post-summer break will be in the Red Bull camp. Fears that FIA rules to clamp down on the bouncing that has plagued the entire grid may adversely affect the team appear to have been unjustified – Verstappen’s pace was fearsome here.
Yet it is one that should be at very least entertaining. For all that the penalty system presents an ultimately unsatisfying qualifying showdown it has delivered a mixed-up grid that means the numbers should add to some thrilling racing.
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