The error which cost McLaren and helped Ferrari on Friday in China has been pointed out.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton took pole position in🔥 spriಞnt qualifying at the F1 Chinese Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit.

McLaren’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri was third, while 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris (who topᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚped the sole practice session of the weekend beforehand) was restricted to sixth.

Sky Sports’ Karun Chandhok praised Ferrari’s turnaround since 🎉a drab round in Australia last weekend: “It’s impressiv🍒e what the team have done.

“They looke♉d there or thereabouts in Free Practice but it went away in qualifying in Melbourne.

“Here, we haven’t got McLaren on the front row. That’s the thing.

“ꦡWe had George Russell walk in and say ‘McLaren will blitz it, they can stop development!’

“Everyone said McLaren were the fav🔜ourඣites. “But we haven’t got a McLaren on the front row.

“We have got Hamil♑ton v Max Verstappen which will be fun to watch.”

McLaren error in China identified

Ex-race strategist Bernie Collins spotted what went wrong for McLaren, wᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚho were ti♓pped to have the fastest car in China after a great start to 2025 last weekend in Melbourne.

“They have got analysis to do,” she warned.

“When we look at just SQ3, every other team went for a single lap. McLaren🌼 were the only drivers to go for the push, cool, push.”

A push, cool, push strategy in anꦫ F1 qualifying session asks a driver to push for a fast time on one ♉lap, then to cool his tyres on the next, before pushing again.

But it didn’t work on Friday ♒for McLaren in China.

“Piastri’s lap📖 looked so strong at the beginning of the SQ3 session,” Collins analysed.

“But with the track temperature dr♌opping, and it still improving a bit, perhaps in hindsight that wasn’t the way to go.

“They should have put it on the line for 💛bo﷽th drivers to do a single lap.

“It didn’t work for everyone in SQ3,♏ so I can see why they did it.

“They will review itไ. By [Saturday] we could see a very different order.”

Red Bull’s Verstappen was prai🍌sed for edging ahead of both McLarens in sprint qualifying.

“Verstappen rolled the dice,” Chandhok said.

“He did a sing💦le lap on the soft ꩲtyre with the temperature dropping.

“And it worked for him. You would not have put money on a Red Bull behin💎d ahead of a McLa🦄ren.”

But Collins insisted: “With that, yo🧔u risk the yellow flag at the end of the session. I💃t’s a gamble.

“Sometimes, you ꦰnওeed to send it out there and be fully confident in your driver.

“Because you need everything to getꦉ thaꦜt pole position.”