Another solid drive to get his maiden pole position for Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. The AMG Mercedes F1 Team were right behind him completing more laps than Verstappen as Ferrari were next in line.

There were plenty of errors made by the top 10 drivers as Danny Ric starts from 18th position. How good the money must be to drive a Renault, how bad the results doesn’t help anyone in the team. They and he have to get their act together after the summer break.

Leclerc needs to pull his season back into shape with no mistakes from here through to Abu Dhabi if he is a chance of a future F1 title. Fellow countryman Pierre Gasly has the same issue hanging over his head.

POS	NO	DRIVER	CAR	Q1	Q2	Q3	LAPS
1	33	Max Verstappen	RED BULL RACING HONDA	1:15.817	1:15.573	1:14.572	16
2	77	Valtteri Bottas	MERCEDES	1:16.078	1:15.669	1:14.590	19
3	44	Lewis Hamilton	MERCEDES	1:16.068	1:15.548	1:14.769	22
4	16	Charles Leclerc	FERRARI	1:16.337	1:15.792	1:15.043	17
5	5	Sebastian Vettel	FERRARI	1:16.452	1:15.885	1:15.071	18
6	10	Pierre Gasly	RED BULL RACING HONDA	1:16.716	1:16.393	1:15.450	19
7	4	Lando Norris	MCLAREN RENAULT	1:16.697	1:16.060	1:15.800	18
8	55	Carlos Sainz	MCLAREN RENAULT	1:16.493	1:16.308	1:15.852	20
9	8	Romain Grosjean	HAAS FERRARI	1:16.978	1:16.319	1:16.013	21
10	7	Kimi Räikkönen	ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI	1:16.506	1:16.518	1:16.041	20
11	27	Nico Hulkenberg	RENAULT	1:16.790	1:16.565		12
12	23	Alexander Albon	SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA	1:16.912	1:16.687		14
13	26	Daniil Kvyat	SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA	1:16.750	1:16.692		14
14	99	Antonio Giovinazzi	ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI	1:16.894	1:16.804		14
15	20	Kevin Magnussen	HAAS FERRARI	1:16.122	1:17.081		13
16	63	George Russell	WILLIAMS MERCEDES	1:17.031			9
17	11	Sergio Perez	RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES	1:17.109			6
18	3	Daniel Ricciardo	RENAULT	1:17.257			6
19	18	Lance Stroll	RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES	1:17.542			9
20	88	Robert Kubica	WILLIAMS MERCEDES	1:18.324			9

Q1 107% time – 1:21.124