Drivers progressed through the qualifying session as follows:

Going from Q1 to Q2:

Going from Q2 to Q3:

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

##   driverName   imp1 driverName   imp2
## 1        ALO -0.203        PER -0.169
## 2        ALO -0.203        MAS  0.010
## 3        ALO -0.203        OCO  0.124
## 4        PER -0.169        MAS  0.010
## 5        PER -0.169        OCO  0.124
## 6        MAS  0.010        OCO  0.124

The official session results were recorded as follows:

POS DRIVER Q1 Q2 Q3
1 HAM 1:20.511 (1) 1:20.210 (1) 1:19.149 (1)
2 VET 1:20.939 (3) 1:20.295 (2) 1:19.200 (2)
3 BOT 1:20.991 (4) 1:20.300 (3) 1:19.373 (3)
4 RAI 1:20.742 (2) 1:20.621 (4) 1:19.439 (4)
5 VER 1:21.430 (5) 1:20.722 (5) 1:19.706 (5)
6 RIC 1:21.704 (6) 1:20.855 (6) 1:20.175 (6)
7 ALO 1:22.015 (12) 1:21.251 (10) 1:21.048 (7)
8 PER 1:21.998 (11) 1:21.239 (9) 1:21.070 (8)
9 MAS 1:22.138 (14) 1:21.222 (8) 1:21.232 (9)
10 OCO 1:21.901 (8) 1:21.148 (7) 1:21.272 (10)
11 MAG 1:21.945 (10) 1:21.329 (11)
12 SAI 1:21.941 (9) 1:21.371 (12)
13 HUL 1:22.091 (13) 1:21.397 (13)
14 GRO 1:21.822 (7) 1:21.517 (14)
15 WEH 1:22.327 (15) 1:21.803 (15)
16 ERI 1:22.332 (16)
17 PAL 1:22.401 (17)
18 STR 1:22.411 (18)
19 VAN 1:22.532 (19)
20 KVY 1:22.746 (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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