A Ferrari versus Red Bull battle is shaping up as the likely scenario on Sunday at the first Australian Grand Prix since the pandemic began in 2020.
Charles Leclerc claimed Ferrari's first pole position at the revamped Albert Park circuit since 2007 with a decisive final lap of 1 minute, 17.868 seconds in Melbourne on Saturday.
Aston Martin endured a difficult session when both Sebastian Vettel, who qualified 18th, and Montreal's Lance Stroll crashed into walls. This continued through practice sessions on Friday and Saturday. But in front of a record Saturday crowd of 123,247, he gambled by asking his Ferrari for more in what was a dashing last lap as he took his second pole position of the season and the 11th of his career.
"It has been terrible for me the whole weekend. It is just not a good balance," he said. "I have spent the whole weekend chasing something and I never felt comfortable for one lap, except the long runs." The seven-time world champion described the first two days as challenging but believes Mercedes took a step forward.
Double world champion Fernando Alonso looked set to challenge for pole position in his Alpine. But the 40-year-old Spanish driver lost control on Turn 11 and crashed, drawing a red flag with just under seven minutes remaining in Q3.At the end of the first qualifying session, Latifi pulled off to let Stroll pass before accelerating to re-pass Stroll on the run to the sixth turn. Stroll appeared not to see his countryman and in shifting over, made contact with Latifi.
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