F1 2022: Carlos Sainz gifted pole position in Belgium GP after Verstappen, Leclerc gets grid penalty – Times of India

2022 formula 1 With Round 14, the season has finally returned from its summer break. Belgian Grand Prix The 7.004 km long Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps is being held. Red Bull Racing comfortably top the table with 431 points, followed by Ferrari (334) in second and Mercedes (304) in third.
The start of qualifying was delayed by half an hour due to track repairs. Nonetheless, all the drivers performed brilliantly and entertained the crowd. While Max Verstappen led all three qualifying sessions, he starts tomorrow’s race on P15 after taking a power unit penalty. it means that carlos sanzo but starts from pole 2022 Belgian Grand Prix,
Here’s how today’s qualifying session went –
2022 Belgian Grand Prix Qualifying 1
Max Verstappen was fastest in Q1, finishing with a time of 1:44.581, followed by Carlos Sainz in second and Sergio Perez in third. Charles Leclerc The first qualifying session of the day ended on fifth, ahead of George Russell in sixth. Sebastian Vettel, Nicolas Latifi, Kevin Magnussen, Yuki Tsunoda and Valtteri Bottas were eliminated from the first quarter.
2022 Belgian Grand Prix Qualifying 2
Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz finished first and fourth respectively, with Red Bull Racing’s Verstappen second and Perez third. Lewis Hamilton was fifth fastest in the second qualifying session, followed by his teammate George Russell. Daniel Ricciardo, Pierre Gasly, Zhou Guanyue, Lance Stroll and Mick Schumacher finished 11th to 15th respectively and did not qualify for the third quarter.
2022 Belgian Grand Prix Qualifying 3
Max Verstappen was also the fastest in Q3, followed by Sainz. Sergio Perez finished third, Charles Leclerc in fourth and Esteban Ocon in fifth. Fernando Alonso came in sixth place ahead of Lewis Hamilton, George Russell, Alexander Albon and Lando Norris, who took the last four places respectively.
However, when their teams decided to make power unit element changes on their cars at Spa, Red Bull’s Verstappen, Ferrari’s Leclerc, McLaren’s Lando Norris, Alpine’s Esteban Ocon, Haas’s Mick Schumacher and Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas. And Zhou Guanyue will need to start over. from the back of the grid after their teams opted to make
This essentially means that Carlos Sainz takes pole position at the 2022 Belgian Grand Prix, and Sergio Pérez joins him in the front row. Lewis Hamilton takes P3 tomorrow, with Fernando Alonso completing the second row. Meanwhile current points leader Max Verstappen starts on P15. It will be interesting to see whether Carlos Sainz can overtake his teammate in the points tally, or whether Lewis Hamilton can finally end his winning drought.