![]() Norris has impressively led the Saturday score from the start in his eye-catching rookie campaign, but Sainz closed to within two with the sixth-fastest time in Sochi Q3. The fast and youthful Carlos Sainz-Lando Norris partnership has helped energise McLaren in 2019 and the team-mates-turned-friends have been closely-matched on track all season. McLaren: Carlos Sainz vs Lando Norrisīest result: Sainz 5th (x2), Norris 6th (x2) Grid penalties and then Albon’s Q1 crash in Russia means Singapore is the only time the new team-mates have reached Q3 together so far – and Verstappen qualified ahead by 0.6 seconds on a circuit Albon had never previously driven. After a tricky Spa and Monza, Verstappen’s last two results are third and fourth to keep him in the fight with the Ferraris for third in the Drivers’ Championship. Alex Albon has stepped into Pierre Gasly’s seat since Belgium and made a solid start to life at a top F1 team, with four consecutive top-six race finishes. Max Verstappen has led Red Bull’s challenge all season, delivering their six podiums – including those two memorable victories in Austria and Germany. Points: Verstappen 31-36 Albon (from Belgium) / Verstappen 181-63 Gasly (before Belgium) Race: Verstappen 2-2 Albon / Verstappen 11-1 Gaslyīest result: Verstappen 1st (x2), Albon 5th (x2), Gasly 4th ![]() ![]() Qualifying: Verstappen 3-1 Albon / Verstappen 11-1 Gaslyīest result: Verstappen 1st, Albon 6th, Gasly 4th Red Bull: Max Verstappen vs Alex Albon / Pierre Gasly Vettel has still finished ahead more often on race day, even though Leclerc has scored more points, with the Ferrari pit wall certainly kept busy over the radio with the drivers regularly running in close company. The 21-year-old has started the last four races on pole position and has secured a grid-best six in total this year. Leclerc is now able to secure 2019 qualifying ‘victory’ over the German at Suzuka. Having qualified as the lead Ferrari for the nine races since Vettel’s pole in Canada, Leclerc has turned what was a 1-6 Saturday deficit to Vettel into a 10-6 lead. The biggest mid-season turn around at any team this year sees Charles Leclerc on course to become just the second team-mate to outscore four-time champion Sebastian Vettel over a full F1 season. Ferrari: Sebastian Vettel vs Charles Leclercīest result: Vettel 1st, Leclerc 1st (圆)īest result: Vettel 1st, Leclerc 1st (x2) In fact, the race-day mistake at Monza which dropped Hamilton to third behind the Finn represented the only time he hasn’t increased his championship lead over Bottas since late June. Lewis Hamilton may be at least a couple more weeks away from wrapping up 2019’s world championship ahead of Valtteri Bottas, but he has already settled the Mercedes qualifying and race head-to-heads for this season.Īlthough Mercedes may not have achieved a pole position for five races – meaning the team-mates remain tied on four poles apiece for 2019 – Hamilton hasn’t been outqualified by Bottas in the four events since the summer break. Mercedes: Lewis Hamilton vs Valtteri Bottasīest result: Hamilton 1st (x4), Bottas 1st (x4)īest result: Hamilton 1st (x9), Bottas 1st (x2) Have a look at the numbers below – with a driver awarded a point for finishing ahead of their team-mate in qualifying and the race. F1 2019 is fast reaching its final stretch, meaning time is running out for drivers to establish superiority over their team-mates in some of the key battlegrounds for this season – if, that is, it hasn’t already.į1 heads to Suzuka with increased focus on the battle at Ferrari after the controversy of Sochi, with Charles Leclerc looking to extend his qualifying superiority over Sebastian Vettel to an astonishing 10 consecutive races.
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