After his pole position on Saturday, Vergne woke up with a strong desire to repeat the feat. For Vandoorne, who had also qualified for the quarter-finals the day before, and who also had a race full of contacts in the pack, the objective of showing himself was also very clear.
In both cases, the objective was achieved, and Vandoorne came very close to taking pole position (just one thousandth of a second behind Jake Hugues' McLaren). The Belgian driver started from second position, while Vergne, who missed out on the quarter-finals by 13 thousandths of a second, was ninth on the grid.
