Difficult qualifying for Alpine: Colapinto to start 13th in Barcelona GP | OneFootball

Qualifying for the Formula 1 Barcelona Grand Prix confirmed that Alpine is facing an extremely difficult weekend. Franco Colapinto got the most out of his car’s potential but failed to make it past the Q2 cutoff, so this Sunday he will start the race from 13th on the grid.

The Argentine driver beat his teammate, Pierre Gasly, by just 70 thousandths of a second. However, the performance of the French cars was not enough to break into the top 10, leaving them on the seventh row of the starting grid.

The session was marked by a red flag in Q3 due to a heavy crash by Charles Leclerc, who destroyed the nose of his Ferrari against the barriers. After the restart, George Russell confirmed the dominance he had shown in practice and claimed pole position with a time of 1:14.679.

Lewis Hamilton completed a Mercedes one-two at the end of the session, securing his first front-row start since the 2024 Silverstone Grand Prix.

Starting grid for the Barcelona GP

1st George Russell (Mercedes) 2nd Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) 3rd Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) 4th Lando Norris (McLaren) 5th Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 6th Isack Hadjar (Red Bull) 7th Oscar Piastri (McLaren) 8th Liam Lawson (RB) 9th Nico Hülkenberg (Audi) 10th Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 11th Arvid Lindblad (RB) 12th Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi) 13th Franco Colapinto (Alpine) 14th Pierre Gasly (Alpine) 15th Ollie Bearman (Haas) 16th Carlos Sainz (Williams) 17th Esteban Ocon (Haas) 18th Alexander Albon (Williams) 19th Sergio Pérez (Cadillac) 20th Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac) 21st Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) 22nd Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)

Time and where to watch the Grand Prix

The main race will take place this Sunday, June 14, starting at 10:00 a.m. (Argentina time) at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The race is scheduled for a total of 66 laps and will be available live on the Disney+ streaming platform.

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