| Rich Energy Haas F1 Team drivers Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen qualified sixth and 12th, respectively, for Sunday’s German Grand Prix, the 11th round of the FIA Formula One World Championship at Hockenheimring in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The Haas F1 Team duo got off to a solid start in Q1 with Magnussen posting the seventh-fastest lap of 1:13.103 and Grosjean the ninth-fastest lap of 1:13.146 around the 4.574-kilometer (2.842-mile), 17-turn circuit. Both advanced to Q2 as part of the top-15. In Q2, Grosjean and Magnussen were separated by just two-hundredths of a second, but that meant the difference between advancing to Q3 with the rest of the top-10 and calling it a day early. Grosjean’s 1:12.769 was the ninth-best lap of the session while Magnussen’s 1:12.789 was good for only 12th. Magnussen, who qualified in the top-five in two of his three previous visits to Hockenheim, including fifth with his Haas VF-19 last year, was just 13-thousandths of a second back of 10th. In Q3, Grosjean laid down the sixth-best lap of 1:12.851 to equal his best qualifying effort of the year, set at the season-opening event in Australia. It also put him sixth on the grid at Hockenheim for the second year in a row. Both Haas F1 Team drivers utilized the Pirelli P Zero Red soft tires throughout qualifying. Taking the pole for the German Grand Prix was Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes, whose fast Q3 lap of 1:11.767 was .346 of a second better than No. 2 qualifier Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing. It was the 87th career pole for Hamilton, his fourth this season and his second at Hockenheim. Rich Energy Haas F1 Team PR |
