Motorsport Week
  • Formula 1
    • 2023 Formula 1 Calendar
    • 2023 Formula 1 Standings
    • 2023 Formula 1 Team/Driver Line-Up
    • 2023 Formula 1 Driver Penalty Points
  • Formula E
    • 2022/23 Formula E Standings
    • 2022/23 Formula E Calendar
    • 2022/23 Formula E Team/Driver Line-up
  • IndyCar
    • 2023 IndyCar Calendar
    • 2023 IndyCar Driver Line-Up
    • 2023 IndyCar Standings
  • WRC
    • 2023 WRC Calendar
    • 2023 WRC Standings
    • 2023 WRC Driver Line-up
  • MotoGP
    • 2023 MotoGP Calendar
    • 2023 MotoGP Team/Rider Line-Up
    • 2022 Championship Standings
  • WEC
    • 2023 WEC Calendar
    • 2023 WEC Hypercar Team/Driver Line-up
  • More
    • IMSA
      • 2023 IMSA GTP Team/Driver Line-up
      • 2023 IMSA Calendar
    • Formula 2
      • 2023 Formula 2 Race Calendar
      • 2023 Formula 2 Driver Line-up
    • Formula 3
      • 2023 Formula 3 Race Calendar
      • 2023 Formula 3 Driver Line-up
    • DTM
    • WSeries
    • Technical Insight
    • Galleries
    • About/Contact
    • Privacy Policy
LIVE
No Result
View All Result
  • Formula 1
    • 2023 Formula 1 Calendar
    • 2023 Formula 1 Standings
    • 2023 Formula 1 Team/Driver Line-Up
    • 2023 Formula 1 Driver Penalty Points
  • Formula E
    • 2022/23 Formula E Standings
    • 2022/23 Formula E Calendar
    • 2022/23 Formula E Team/Driver Line-up
  • IndyCar
    • 2023 IndyCar Calendar
    • 2023 IndyCar Driver Line-Up
    • 2023 IndyCar Standings
  • WRC
    • 2023 WRC Calendar
    • 2023 WRC Standings
    • 2023 WRC Driver Line-up
  • MotoGP
    • 2023 MotoGP Calendar
    • 2023 MotoGP Team/Rider Line-Up
    • 2022 Championship Standings
  • WEC
    • 2023 WEC Calendar
    • 2023 WEC Hypercar Team/Driver Line-up
  • More
    • IMSA
      • 2023 IMSA GTP Team/Driver Line-up
      • 2023 IMSA Calendar
    • Formula 2
      • 2023 Formula 2 Race Calendar
      • 2023 Formula 2 Driver Line-up
    • Formula 3
      • 2023 Formula 3 Race Calendar
      • 2023 Formula 3 Driver Line-up
    • DTM
    • WSeries
    • Technical Insight
    • Galleries
    • About/Contact
    • Privacy Policy
No Result
View All Result
Motorsport Week
Home Single Seater Formula 1

Leclerc claims ninth pole of season, Verstappen only eighth

by Phillip Horton
6 months ago
A A
0
Leclerc claims ninth pole of season, Verstappen only eighth

Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari F1-75. Singapore Grand Prix, Saturday 1st October 2022. Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore.

Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Charles Leclerc scored his ninth pole position of the season in a wet/dry qualifying session for Formula 1’s Singapore Grand Prix.

The session started in damp conditions following heavy rain earlier in the day, with the front-runners only switching to slicks when Q3 began, having used Intermediates through Q1 and Q2.

Lewis Hamilton led the early running in the pole position shootout before Fernando Alonso spent time on top, until Leclerc moved to the front.

READ MORE: Singapore Grand Prix – Qualifying Results

RelatedPosts

Steiner: No longer a backmarker team on the F1 grid

Steiner: No longer a backmarker team on the F1 grid

1 hour ago
Norris reveals F1 livery he wants to see McLaren return to

Norris reveals F1 livery he wants to see McLaren return to

3 hours ago

Leclerc’s time of 1:49.412s proved to be just 0.024s clear of Red Bull’s Sergio Perez, while Hamilton wound up a mere 0.052s down on Leclerc at the conclusion of the session.

Runaway title leader Max Verstappen was only eighth amid a confusing end to his session.

Verstappen backed off of his penultimate lap and on his final push lap after the chequered flag was nine-tenths up on Leclerc’s benchmark when he crossed the second sector.

However through the final sector he was informed to abort the lap, prompting a furious response from Verstappen, who duly obliged.

It is suspected that Red Bull feared it would be unable to provide the required fuel sample from Verstappen’s car had he completed the lap.

Carlos Sainz was fourth for Ferrari, with Alonso winding up in fifth place, in front of McLaren’s Lando Norris.

AlphaTauri secured a double Q3 appearance and finished with Pierre Gasly seventh while Yuki Tsunoda rounded out the top 10.

Kevin Magnussen finished in ninth position for Haas.

George Russell suffered a surprise exit in Q2 as he wound up only 11th in the session.

Russell fell just 0.006s shy of making the top 10 but was over a second down on team-mate Hamilton in the session.

Aston Martin gambled on slicks in the closing stages of Q2 but it failed to propel either Lance Stroll or Sebastian Vettel up the order.

Stroll wound up 12th, with Vettel running deep into Turn 6 and winding up 14th, the pair classifying either side of Haas’ Mick Schumacher.

Zhou Guanyu made Q2 but finished as the slowest runner while Valtteri Bottas’ miserable run continued as he was eliminated from Q1.

Daniel Ricciardo also lasted just one session as he wound up 17th. Ricciardo was only two places and three tenths of a second behind Norris in the session but the Australian was on the wrong side of the cut-off.

Esteban Ocon had a difficult session and finished 18th amid complaints over his brakes, while Williams finished adrift of the field at the back.

The returning Alexander Albon and outgoing racer Nicholas Latifi will form the back row of the grid.

Sunday’s 61-lap Singapore Grand Prix is scheduled for 20:00 local time

Tags: F1Verstappen
Share259Tweet162Share65

Related Posts

Steiner: No longer a backmarker team on the F1 grid
Formula 1

Steiner: No longer a backmarker team on the F1 grid

1 hour ago
Norris reveals F1 livery he wants to see McLaren return to
Formula 1

Norris reveals F1 livery he wants to see McLaren return to

3 hours ago
Formula 1

Video: F1 Car vs Outback – Ricciardo’s great Aussie road trip

3 hours ago
Load More

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Popular Articles

Rosberg: Hamilton’s split with trainer Cullen ‘makes things even worse’
Formula 1

Rosberg: Hamilton’s split with trainer Cullen ‘makes things even worse’

March 22, 2023
Massa: No reason why Verstappen won’t win six F1 titles in a row
Formula 1

Massa: No reason why Verstappen won’t win six F1 titles in a row

March 24, 2023

Upcoming Races

#EventLocationDate
2Saudi Arabian GPJeddah19 March
3Australian GPMelbourne02 April
4Azerbaijan GPBaku30 April
5Miami GPMiami07 May
6Emilia Romagna GPImola21 May

Click here for the full 2023 F1 calendar

Drivers’  Standings

#DriverPts
Max Verstappen44
Sergio Perez43
Fernando Alonso30
George Russell18
Carlos Sainz20
Lewis Hamilton20
Lance Stroll8
Charles Leclerc6
Valtteri Bottas4
Esteban Ocon4

Click here for full Drivers’ Standings

Follow Motorsport Week

Motorsport Week

© 2023 Motorsport Media Services Ltd

Other Links

  • About & Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • Motorsport Monday

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Login
  • Sign Up
  • Home
  • Formula 1
    • Latest News
    • Standings
    • 2023 F1 Calendar
    • Team/Driver Line-Up
    • Session Results
    • Driver Penalty Points
  • Formula E
    • Latest News
    • 2022/23 Formula E Standings
    • 2022/23 Formula E Calendar
    • Session Results
  • MotoGP
    • Latest News
    • Standings
    • Calendar
  • WRC
    • Latest News
    • Standings
    • Calendar
  • IndyCar
    • Latest News
    • Calendar
    • Standings
  • WEC
    • Latest News
    • Calendar
  • Live Updates
  • Other
    • Formula 2
    • Formula 3
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
    • WSeries
    • DTM
    • IMSA
  • Galleries
  • About/Contact
  • Privacy Policy

© 2023 Motorsport Media Services Ltd

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
X