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00:00Cross the chequered flag. Nico Hülkenberg's lap is a 1.13.0 as he crosses the line.
00:07Here comes Oskar Piastri, searching still for his first pole in Formula One,
00:10even though he's got a Grand Prix win, and he puts three tenths between himself and the Aston Martins.
00:14Total trust and belief in the integrity of your suspension and your aerodynamics as he then goes second.
00:22They're all down in the 1.11.3s. Hamilton, Norris, Piastri a little bit behind.
00:27Yeah, left his best sector until last, Lando Norris, as well.
00:31Two thousandths of a second off Lewis Hamilton's time.
00:33Where did he leave a little bit of time on the track? Probably there.
00:36Max Verstappen's a tenth off to the first two sectors through the chicane he spun here yesterday in the wet conditions.
00:43No such problems today on his first run.
00:47Now towards the banking we go, the final corner.
00:50It's so steep on this banking, it's hard to actually stand on there without losing your balance at times.
00:55But at full speed, it's not a problem for these drivers.
00:58Verstappen crosses the line, 18 thousandths of a second away from Lewis Hamilton, but down in third place.
01:04I wonder if this is the impeding here. We're on board with Sergio Perez.
01:07Hamilton turns in. And did that compromise Sergio Perez?
01:11What the f*** is this idiot doing?
01:15I think he feels he did.
01:17This idiot, eight-time, seven-time world champion.
01:21Eight, some people say.
01:23He was desperately trying to get out of the way.
01:26Yeah, I was well out of his way.
01:29Yeah, no sweat.
01:32I don't know what's going on. He's got no grip, sliding all over the place.
01:36You said George Russell's time would be a bit concerning.
01:38And I think he feels that something needs to be changed on that car, if they can,
01:43to give him a little bit more of a chance for the first sector.
01:46I believe, slowly.
01:48Yeah, George Russell was sliding on his second lap, on a set of tyres as well.
01:52Verstappen's got the same. Joe Gaini crosses the line, down in 19th.
01:56Bottas gets himself out of that bottom five at the expense of Carlos Sainz,
02:01who's now in the relegation zone and needing to improve, and has done in the first sector.
02:05Magnussen goes sixth fastest, around that banking, as Alonso now goes fourth fastest.
02:10Has he done enough to clear that bottom five?
02:14He goes fastest overall, and what a final sector that was from Carlos Sainz.
02:19Third time I'm asking, Sainz puts himself right at the sharp end of this qualifying.
02:25George Russell, middle sector. Sergio Perez, first sector. Fastest of all.
02:29Charles Leclerc wants to put a bit of daylight between himself and the top five, how about that?
02:33Goes second fastest. This track is really ramping up now,
02:37as George Russell, next to cross the line, he goes quickest by about three-tenths of a second.
02:43Sergio Perez is down in the bottom five at the moment, but is improving,
02:47and improving enough so that he won't join Bottas, Joe, Sargent and Ocon
02:53in making his way towards the media pen at the end of this session.
02:57He goes quickest overall with his final lap.
02:59Carlos Sainz still sliding around and giving it some drift on this lap.
03:04His teammate Charles Leclerc was four-tenths faster through the middle sector alone.
03:09Sainz crosses the line with 1.118 and half a second down on his best time from Q1.
03:15Leclerc crosses the line, goes fastest by a couple of tenths of a second.
03:19Carlos looks a bit frustrated. I think I've said a time before this,
03:23he looks like he's overdriving sometimes, that the grip isn't there.
03:28So he's just going to have to be a little bit more patient with it.
03:30But as you pointed out, it's a used set of tyres that were new ten minutes ago.
03:37I'm not one of the canoes.
03:39Yeah, we should be into the tens now, shouldn't we, finally?
03:42The one-minute tens, and we'll see how far he can get in there.
03:46A ten-five, but there's so much more time to come.
03:50Yeah, lost a couple of tenths after completing the second sector.
03:55Three-tenths down overall behind Oscar Piastri.
03:58Lando Norris now goes quickest by nine-one-thousandths of a second.
04:03So tight between the two McLaren drivers.
04:06One who missed out the first sector was Lewis Hamilton,
04:08as Alonso goes only eighth fastest.
04:10Hamilton, down in tenth place, needs to pick up the pace a little bit on this lap.
04:14He's now in the bottom five, as Sainz goes ninth fastest overall.
04:18Stroller said ace the first sector. Here he is, round the final turn.
04:22He's currently 13th. This is going to take him higher.
04:25Goes fourth fastest, pushes Sainz now down into tenth.
04:28And Hamilton is going to need all the pace out of that Mercedes,
04:31and he hasn't got it.
04:33I said the first sector wasn't great, and the rest of the lap panned out
04:37in not the way Lewis Hamilton or his boss Toto Wolff were expecting.
04:41Charles Leclerc goes sixth fastest, pushes his teammate Carlos Sainz
04:45out of qualifying, and that is quite the dramatic end here
04:49with Lewis Hamilton, who has qualified 13th last year,
04:54now going 12th fastest this year.
04:56But Norris even faster through the first sector.
04:59Yeah, Norris had a couple of tenths in that first sector on his teammate.
05:02Piastri crosses the line, 1.10.1. That is the benchmark they all have to attack.
05:06And it's four tenths faster than last year's pole position,
05:09which belonged to this man, Max Verstappen, who can't beat Oscar Piastri
05:13and slots in a few thousandths of a second behind the young Australian.
05:18Lando Norris crosses the line, and Norris goes fastest.
05:22It's a 1.10.0 for Lando Norris, who has been on pole
05:27for three previous occasions in a Grand Prix.
05:31Let's see what George Russell can do.
05:33Personal best, but of course it's his first lap.
05:35Ooh, that was wide, wasn't it?
05:37And it just kept the throttle pinned to the firewall.
05:41And down the straight he goes. Russell goes over the line
05:45and up into fourth place.
05:47Yeah, head of Charles Leclerc, as you pointed out.
05:51He turns in so hard there.
05:55Double-check the floor when I come in.
05:57That was like 13, I went a little bit wide.
05:59OK, understood, Max.
06:01He carried.
06:03He carried so much speed in there.
06:06But Alonso drives for the line, and it's the second half of the top ten
06:12where they're aiming at, and at the moment he's right there.
06:15So it's all going to come down to the final few corners here.
06:18Max Verstappen charging for a fourth consecutive pole,
06:21and he does put his Red Bull on provisional pole.
06:24For the time being, the fans at Zandvoort are very happy.
06:28But that time is short-lived, as Lando Norris
06:31absolutely demolishes that Red Bull advantage.
06:34By nearly four-tenths of a second, he puts his McLaren on pole.
06:38Top six for Charles Leclerc as he completes his lap in the Ferrari.
06:45And here comes Oscar Piastri then to finish his lap,
06:48and he stays third fastest.
06:50It's Norris and Verstappen,
06:52the two leading contenders in the Drivers' Championship,
06:55that are first and second as it stands.
06:58George Russell, desperate for a good weekend here
07:01to make up for that disqualification in Belgium.
07:04Last time out, crosses the line, goes on to the second row.
07:07Decent lap from George Russell.