The commentators were midway through their commentary when the tone suddenly shifted, because Leclerc crashed at a position on the racing line, and since the clock had stopped, all drivers who hadn't completed their final flying lap were lined up behind Leclerc.
So, although Leclerc crashed on his final flying lap, he retained his pole position.
Soon, the yellow flag turned into a red flag, as there was truly no way to deal with Leclerc's car at its parked position.
And the impact of Leclerc's crash was more significant than just this. Firstly, aside from Qin Miao, no one made a valid flying lap in the final segment of Q3.
This means that, aside from Qin Miao, everyone's lap times were their initial banker laps from the start of Q3.
And everyone's lap times were not fast.
When the red flag came out, Q3 of qualifying ended immediately.
And the final qualifying positions were as follows:
P1: Leclerc
P2: Qin Miao
P3: Verstappen
P4: Sainz
P5: Norris
P6: Gasly
P7: Hamilton
