Aston Martin Cognizant F1 Spanish Grand Prix qualifying – tiny margin

FORMULA 1 round 4
Aramco Gran Premio de Espana
Circuit Barcelona Catalunya
7-9 May 2021
Saturday, May 8th 2021

In Numbers
Lance Stroll
FP3  P14  1.18.877  18 Laps
Q1  P08  1.18.241  06 Laps
Q2  P11  1.17.974  06 Laps
Q3  –        –              –

Sebastian Vettel
FP3  P17  1.19.363  18 Laps
Q1  P13  1.18.289  06 Laps
Q2  P13  1.18.079  06 Laps
Q3  –        –               –

Soundbites

Lance Stroll

“It is a shame to have missed out on Q3 by such a tiny margin – just a few thousandths of a second. The positive is that by starting in P11, we have the flexibility to choose our start tyre and that could be crucial because I think tyre wear is going to be a very important factor in the race.

It is not easy to overtake here, but if we can have a good start and gain places on the long run into Turn One, we can give ourselves a good platform for points on Sunday.”

Sebastian Vettel

“My final lap in Q2 was not entirely clean and, when the grid is so tight, those small things can make a real difference. I think we had a good chance of reaching Q3 today, but we just found ourselves at the wrong end of the midfield group.

Because so many teams have similar pace, it will not be an easy race, but we will hang in there, push hard, and see what we can do. You never know what can happen in a long race and, if we can look after the tyres and use our race pace, we can race for some points.”

Otmar Szafnauer, CEO & Team Principal

“Lance and Sebastian both progressed smoothly through Q1, duly booking their places in Q2 as they did so. We were therefore slightly disappointed that we were not able to make it through to Q3 with either driver – we will analyse why that was now.

Having said that, Lance will start the race from P11, and Seb from P13, which means that both of them will have a free choice of tyres to start on and both of them will have the advantage of a grid slot on the clean side of the track. They should both be in decent shape to race for points tomorrow.”

Matt Bishop photos Aston Martin

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