Colapinto to start 12th in Chinese Grand Prix main race | OneFootball

The Argentine slightly improved his times, but it wasn’t enough to make it to Q3. He finished 12th, 0.354 seconds behind the time set by his teammate Pierre Gasly. Flavio Briatore hugged him and acknowledged the work he did on the track.

In a dramatic finish to qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix, Andrea Kimi Antonelli took pole position with a lap of 1:32.064. His teammate, George Russell, will start 2nd after setting a time of 1:32.286 at the end. The Briton from Mercedes had problems with his car at the start of the session, spent almost all of Q3 in the garage, and managed to get out on track just at the end.

The Ferraris, with Lewis Hamilton (1:32.415) and Charles Leclerc (1:32.428), will start in the second row. It was a great qualifying session for Pierre Gasly, who will start 6th behind the two McLarens: the Frenchman lapped in 1:32.873 to edge out Max Verstappen.

Great job by Franco ColapintoFranco Colapinto’s weekend saw an upward curve throughout this Saturday. After a Friday where he was far off the pace of his teammate Pierre Gasly, the Argentine gathered positive feelings in the first Sprint session (finishing 14th) and also left a good impression in qualifying despite not being able to advance to Q3.

After making it through Q1, the Argentine was able to improve his times with a 1:33.357, but it wasn’t enough to make it to Q3. The Argentine finished 12th, 0.354 seconds behind the time set by his teammate Pierre Gasly (1:33.003), who advanced to the final session with the 6th fastest time.

Thus, Colapinto missed out on Q3 by a tiny margin of 0.005: Isack Hadjar, from Red Bull Racing, set the 10th fastest time with 1:33.352. Nico Hülkenberg, from Audi, missed out on the final qualifying session by 0.002 with a 1:33.354.

At the end of qualifying,

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