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# Quali report

Drivers progressed through the qualifying session as follows: 

![](/files/-L9C-CnjWVV4zMovaGbg)

Going from Q1 to Q2:

* ALO failed to improve his time, recording 83.692 compared to 83.597 (0.095s slower)
* OCO failed to improve his time, recording 84.786 compared to 84.503 (0.283s slower)

Going from Q2 to Q3:

* SAI failed to improve his time, recording 83.577 compared to 83.061

  (0.516s slower)

Order change going from Q2 to Q3, along with laptime improvement (-ve is a better time in Q3)

```
##   driverName   imp1 driverName   imp2
## 1        HAM -0.887        VET -0.106
## 2        RAI -0.679        VET -0.106
## 3        RAI -0.679        VER -0.537
## 4        MAG -0.113        SAI  0.516
## 5        GRO -0.129        SAI  0.516
## 6        HUL -0.012        SAI  0.516
```

![](/files/-L9C-CqJfbw5x8GUciiN)

The official session results were recorded as follows:

| POS | DRIVER | Q1            | Q2            | Q3           |
| --- | ------ | ------------- | ------------- | ------------ |
| 1   | HAM    | 1:22.824 (1)  | 1:22.051 (2)  | 1:21.164 (1) |
| 2   | RAI    | 1:23.096 (2)  | 1:22.507 (5)  | 1:21.828 (2) |
| 3   | VET    | 1:23.348 (3)  | 1:21.944 (1)  | 1:21.838 (3) |
| 4   | VER    | 1:23.483 (4)  | 1:22.416 (4)  | 1:21.879 (4) |
| 5   | RIC    | 1:23.494 (5)  | 1:22.897 (6)  | 1:22.152 (5) |
| 6   | MAG    | 1:23.909 (11) | 1:23.300 (8)  | 1:23.187 (6) |
| 7   | GRO    | 1:23.671 (8)  | 1:23.468 (9)  | 1:23.339 (7) |
| 8   | HUL    | 1:23.782 (10) | 1:23.544 (10) | 1:23.532 (8) |
| 9   | SAI    | 1:23.529 (6)  | 1:23.061 (7)  | 1:23.577 (9) |
| 10  | BOT    | 1:23.686 (9)  | 1:22.089 (3)  |              |
| 11  | ALO    | 1:23.597 (7)  | 1:23.692 (11) |              |
| 12  | VAN    | 1:24.073 (12) | 1:23.853 (12) |              |
| 13  | PER    | 1:24.344 (13) | 1:24.005 (13) |              |
| 14  | STR    | 1:24.464 (14) | 1:24.230 (14) |              |
| 15  | OCO    | 1:24.503 (15) | 1:24.786 (15) |              |
| 16  | HAR    | 1:24.532 (16) |               |              |
| 17  | ERI    | 1:24.556 (17) |               |              |
| 18  | LEC    | 1:24.636 (18) |               |              |
| 19  | SIR    | 1:24.922 (19) |               |              |
| 20  | GAS    | 1:25.295 (20) |               |              |

### Session Utilisation

Activity throughout the three qualification sessions took place as follows:

![](/files/-L9C-CyveHVKNePg3ehA)

### Q1

![](/files/-L9C-Cz8SDnysY8WdiGZ)

#### Cut-off Time Evolution

The cut-off time in Q1 evolved as follows:

![](/files/-L9C-CzNjxKZGCV_1FVy)

### Q2

![](/files/-L9C-CzawVsNEdwZXY9N)

#### Cut-off Time Evolution

The cut-off time in Q2 evolved as follows:

![](/files/-L9C-CzlN98q2o3D190n)

### Q3

![](/files/-L9C-D--tnhkdvuZn3XY)

#### Front Row Cut-off Time Evolution

The cut-off time in Q3 evolved as follows:

![](/files/-L9C-D-8ou5xThSbnzV5)

## Intra-Team Qualifying Comparison

![](/files/-L9C-D-Odz-6poWCNa0w)

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