Hamilton grabbed the inaugural Qatari pole with Verstappen second. One Ferrari and one Red Bull were eliminated in Q2 so the grid is rather strange:
hami/vers/bott/gasl/alon/norr/sain/tsun/ocon/vett/pere
The results:
1. alekracing 17 1. Bleu 17 3. Anderis 16 3. Brawn BGP 001 16 3. DutchQuicksilver 16 3. f1paul 16 7. GTA 15 7. scheivlak 15 9. Laster 14 9. Makarias 14 9. Yamamoto 14 12. jjcale 13 12. KWSN - DSM 13 12. m2000-5 13 15. mark f1 12
The standings:
1. scheivlak 297 (0) 2. alekracing 282 (4) 2. Bleu 282 (4) 2. DutchQuicksilver 282 (1) 2. f1paul 282 (1) 6. mark f1 281 (-4) 7. Makarias 280 (-4) 8. jjcale 278 (-2) 9. Laster 277 (0) 10. GTA 275 (0) 11. Anderis 274 (1) 12. m2000-5 273 (-2) 13. KWSN - DSM 271 (-1) 13. Yamamoto 271 (1) 15. Brawn BGP 001 268 (0) 16. Marklar 243 (0) 17. rodlamas 228 (0) 18. MortenF1 175 (0) 19. Ghostrider 62 (0) 20. thegforcemaybewithyou 32 (0) 21. PhilArny80 21 (0) 22. KevR 16 (0) 23. sladealonso 11 (0)
scheivlak enjoys a rather nice safety net of 15 points. Can anybody stop him?
Mat