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Welcome to our protection of the 2024 Australian Grand Prix from Albert Park. Well, what to say about yesterday’s qualifying session? Was it one? Yes, I feel so. Was the result predictable? Probably. Max Verstappen took his third pole place of the season by slightly below three tenths from Carlos Sainz. In reality, Q3 was the one session throughout the weekend that he topped. And that’s all that issues.

What is the distinction? Could Ferrari have gotten extra from their qualifying? I don’t suppose Sainz might have gotten an excellent deal extra from his Ferrari. There is at all times time to seek out however not the three tenths he wanted to usurp Verstappen. Charles Leclerc tousled his remaining lap in Q3 however Sainz appeared to be the faster Ferrari driver in direction of the tip of qualifying. Verstappen, merely, is driving too effectively to be usurped, even when the RB20 has some vulnerabilities over one lap in qualifying. Fair play.

Might we’ve got a struggle for the victory right this moment? Ferrari’s race tempo has been talked up all through the weekend – and Verstappen stated he may need a struggle right this moment – but when the Dutchman will get to the primary nook first I can not see it. Hopefully they’ll stick with inside a number of seconds to provide Red Bull one thing to consider. McLaren could be in with an outdoor shout of a podium too.