Leclerc on Pole.

[wombat666]

1	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:27.866
2	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:28.160
3	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:28.190
4	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:28.256
5	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda	1:28.752
6	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas Ferrari	1:28.757
7	55	Carlos Sainz	McLaren Renault	1:28.813
8	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	1:29.022
9	4	Lando Norris	McLaren Renault	1:29.043
10	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:29.488
11	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas Ferrari	1:29.015
12	23	Alexander Albon	Scuderia Toro Rosso Honda	1:29.513
13	10	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull Racing Honda	1:29.526
14	11	Sergio Perez	Racing Point BWT Mercedes	1:29.756
15	26	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso Honda	1:29.854
16	99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	1:30.026
17	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1:30.034
18	18	Lance Stroll	Racing Point BWT Mercedes	1:30.217
19	63	George Russell	Williams Mercedes	1:31.759
20	88	Robert Kubica	Williams Mercedes	1:31.799

Note - Grosjean penalised three places for impeding Norris during qualifying.

[fsafranek]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlNgLvvpkaI

[wombat666]

And once again Williams complete a last row lockout!

[noddy]

Really feel for Leclerc, but he will win that's for sure.

[Panther_99FS]

And once again Williams complete a last row lockout!

Looks like Massa will have to come out of retirement - yet again!

[Panther_99FS]

Haas needs to dump one of their drives and hire either:
-Newgarden
-Rossi
-Rosenqvist
-Herta

[noddy]

Not the drivers fault, the car is fundamentally bad. They know the aero package is not working.

Think they said it could take at least 3 months to figure it out.

Very said to see a great team be in this state, and George Russell suffering because of it.

[Panther_99FS]

Not the drivers fault, the car is fundamentally bad.

So ah....what about 2018...car or driver or both?

[wombat666]

Interesting to see both Renaults fail at roughly the same time with the same symptoms.
OTOH Sainz and Norris did pretty well with Renault customer power.
And HAAS wouldn't be getting rid of either driver, K-Mag is really on his game while Grosjean might be erratic but he's quick on the right day.
Re Williams, perhaps Daddy Stroll repossessed his wind tunnel?

[noddy]

Yep 2018 car just as bad, the straight bit of track is fine but the bends not so.

2017 was a fast but had issues with corners. Unfortunately Wlliams have been decline for a while

Stroll was lucky in Monza with rain but even at Force Point Perez is faster.

Russell is the F2 champ so no slouch, I think RK will find his rhythm.

[Ferry_vO]

Williams should really consider doing a 'Haas' and buy as much as is allowed from Mercedes, giving them more resources to develop other areas of the car.
They are the only team on the grid still running a titanium gearbox, while everyone else switched to carbon fibre already.

And Renault: It shows you had your 'best winter yet'.

Good to see McLaren back in the points, and great to see such a close mid field pack!