Liam Lawson certified final for each races in Shanghai.
If there was any up-side to his powerful two days in China, it was that the driving force some declare Pink Bull ought to have promoted as a substitute of him was additionally out-qualified by his staff mate – and a a lot much less skilled one at that.
Right here’s the important thing knowledge from qualifying for the Chinese language Grand Prix.
Change from follow to qualifying
As dash race qualifying confirmed yesterday, Pink Bull lapped removed from their potential tempo within the sole, one-hour qualifying session. However different groups didn’t make as a lot of an enchancment as they need to have accomplished between the 2 classes.
These groups, notably McLaren and Sauber, put that proper at present. McLaren obtained the pole place they need to even have claimed for the dash race and Nico Hulkenberg was on the right track to achieve the highest 10 till the ultimate runs of Q3.
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Gaps between staff mates
After three qualifying classes this 12 months (two grand prix and one dash race) Lawson has been the furthest behind his staff mate in all of them. At half of the groups the drivers have been separated by not more than 0.15 seconds, however Lawson was 0.75s off Verstappen.
No less than he can level to the very fact his benchmark is without doubt one of the finest within the enterprise and has a decade of expertise. Hadjar, in his second grand prix on a monitor he hasn’t beforehand raced at, beat his rather more skilled staff mate Tsunoda.
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Group mate battles sequences
Tsunoda arrived in China with the second-highest streak of out-qualifying his staff mate of any driver. He was unbeaten within the earlier 9 grand prix qualifying classes, via which era his staff mates have been Daniel Ricciardo, Lawson and now Isack Hadjar.
Hadjar ended that at present partly due to Tsunoda’s mistake at flip 13. Nevertheless the rookie had been on Tsunoda’s tempo up till that time, as yesterday’s knowledge additionally confirmed.
Oscar Piastri additionally out-qualified Lando Norris for the primary time in eight races. Lewis Hamilton beat his staff mate for the primary time in seven grands prix.
Fernando Alonso nonetheless has the most effective run of out-qualifying his staff mate for grands prix, although Lance Stroll did beat him in dash race qualifying this weekend.
Driver
Consecutive qualifying wins
Fernando Alonso
14
Max Verstappen
9
George Russell
8
Pierre Gasly
5
Alexander Albon
4
Driver
Consecutive qualifying losses
Lance Stroll
14
Liam Lawson
10
Jack Doohan
3
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Q1/Q2/Q3 appearances
Probably the most frequent guests to Q3 saved their runs up this weekend, together with George Russell, who has now reached the ultimate spherical for 16 grands prix in a row. Nevertheless regardless of reaching Q3 on his debut for Williams, Carlos Sainz Jnr’s four-race run ended at present.
Driver
Consecutive Q3 appearances
George Russell
16
Lando Norris
9
Oscar Piastri
6
Max Verstappen
5
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