Maldonado Crashes Out, Caterham Finish 1-2

Qualifying:

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	1	Sebastian Vettel		1:16.172
2	62	Jules Bianchi		1:16.203
3	63	Diego Álvarez Torrente		1:16.213
4	2	Lewis Hamilton		1:16.242
5	30	Dean Stoneman		1:16.448
6	34	Valtteri Bottas		1:16.792
7	29	Pastor Maldonado		1:16.839
8	33	Einar Ármannsson		1:17.269
9	22	Jordan Davies		1:17.335
10	21	Stoffel Vandoorne		1:17.418
11	31	Romain Grosjean		1:17.854
12	24	Kevin Magnussen		1:17.931
13	23	Pierre Gasly		1:17.962
14	28	Daniel Melrose		1:17.104
15	32	Alexander Albon		1:17.317
16	27	Dave Cassidy		1:17.385
17	5	Marvin Kirchhöfer		1:17.510
18	66	Pascal Wehrlein		1:17.513
19	6	Santiago Urrutia		1:17.947
20	90	Daniel Ricciardo		1:18.104
21	91	Max Verstappen		1:18.232
22	67	Mike Rockenfeller		1:18.419
23	55	Artem Markelov		1:18.425
24	118	Carlos Sainz Jr		1:18.452
25	119	Felix Rosenqvist		1:18.504
26	56	Sergey Sirotkin		1:18.901

Report:

Whilst thankfully, the legal conflict regarding the term “Italian Grand Prix” was settled, this year will feature the San Marino Grand(s) Prix for one last time. For 2019, however, the San Marino Grand Prix had something special: lightning is installed at San Marino and therefore we have the first European night race in F1.

British Airways Sauber F1 Team, who were the dominant force in F1 so far, struggled a bit in Q3, leaving them behind the two major contending teams of 2019. In the end, Sebastian Vettel took yet another pole position. Unfortunately for Seb, this pole was quickly undone as his teammate dashed past him into turn 1.

Lewis Hamilton went on to win the 24th San Marino Grand Prix after his main threat, Jules Bianchi, risked too much trying to get past traffic. He was not the only one making a terrible mistake, as Pastor Maldonado failed to pay attention to Melrose leaving the pit exit, running into the Australian driver.

Great performances where delivered by Theodore Racing, who finished fourth and fifth, as well as Haas, who got both of their cars in the points as well. Alexander Albon took advantage of the mayhem and his teammate’s error to score a valueable point for his Australian team, denying tenth to Santiago Urrutia and Williams.

Race:

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Time/Retired	Points
1	2	Lewis Hamilton		44:30.066	15
2	1	Sebastian Vettel		+11.679	12
3	63	Diego Álvarez Torrente		+24.392	10
4	34	Valtteri Bottas		+40.207	8
5	33	Einar Ármannsson		+51.631	6
6	22	Jordan Davies		+64.718	5
7	24	Kevin Magnussen		+107.554	4
8	30	Dean Stoneman		Engine	3
9	21	Stoffel Vandoorne		1 Lap	2
10	32	Alexander Albon		1 Lap	1
11	6	Santiago Urrutia		1 Lap	0
12	66	Pascal Wehrlein		1 Lap	0
13	90	Daniel Ricciardo		1 Lap	0
14	91	Max Verstappen		1 Lap	0
15	67	Mike Rockenfeller		1 Lap	0
16	5	Marvin Kirchhöfer		1 Lap	0
17	27	Dave Cassidy		1 Lap	0
18	119	Felix Rosenqvist		1 Lap	0
19	118	Carlos Sainz Jr		1 Lap	0
20	55	Artem Markelov		1 Lap	0
21	56	Sergey Sirotkin		2 Laps	0
22	62	Jules Bianchi		2 Laps	0
DNF	23	Pierre Gasly		Engine	0
DNF	31	Romain Grosjean		Accident	0
DNF	29	Pastor Maldonado		Collision	0
DNF	28	Daniel Melrose		Collision	0

Fastest Lap:

Diego Álvarez Torrente – 1:18.978

Infinite Improbability Drive Of The Race:

Jordan Davies – he continues to impress in recent races.

Reject Of The Race:

Pastor Maldonado – this avoidable accident really hurts his title hopes.