Quali report

Drivers progressed through the qualifying session as follows:

Going from Q1 to Q2:

• MAG failed to improve his time, recording 89.623 compared to 89.594 (0.029s slower)

• VAN failed to improve his time, recording 90.525 compared to 90.479 (0.046s slower)

Going from Q2 to Q3:

• HUL failed to improve his time, recording 89.57 compared to 89.187 (0.383s slower)

• SAI failed to improve his time, recording 89.986 compared to 89.802 (0.184s slower)

The official session results were recorded as follows:

POS	DRIVER	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	VET	1:29.060 (2)	1:28.341 (1)	1:27.958 (1)
2	RAI	1:28.951 (1)	1:28.515 (3)	1:28.101 (2)
3	BOT	1:29.275 (3)	1:28.794 (4)	1:28.124 (3)
4	HAM	1:29.396 (5)	1:28.458 (2)	1:28.220 (4)
5	RIC	1:29.552 (6)	1:28.962 (5)	1:28.398 (5)
6	GAS	1:30.121 (9)	1:29.836 (9)	1:29.329 (6)
7	MAG	1:29.594 (7)	1:29.623 (7)	1:29.358 (7)
8	HUL	1:30.260 (11)	1:29.187 (6)	1:29.570 (8)
9	OCO	1:30.338 (12)	1:30.009 (10)	1:29.874 (9)
10	SAI	1:29.893 (8)	1:29.802 (8)	1:29.986 (10)
11	HAR	1:30.412 (13)	1:30.105 (11)
12	PER	1:30.218 (10)	1:30.156 (12)
13	ALO	1:30.530 (15)	1:30.212 (13)
14	VAN	1:30.479 (14)	1:30.525 (14)
15	VER	1:29.374 (4)
16	GRO	1:30.530 (15)
17	ERI	1:31.063 (17)
18	SIR	1:31.414 (18)
19	LEC	1:31.420 (19)
20	STR	1:31.503 (20)

Session Utilisation

Activity throughout the three qualification sessions took place as follows:

Q1

Cut-off Time Evolution

The cut-off time in Q1 evolved as follows:

Q2

Cut-off Time Evolution

The cut-off time in Q2 evolved as follows:

Q3

Front Row Cut-off Time Evolution

The cut-off time in Q3 evolved as follows:

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