Unfortunately for Luca, his plans to dominate the eighth round's qualifier did not go as planned. He aimed for pole, but at the end, settled beyond the top five, more than a bitter pill to swallow.
Luca knew the 92B used to be the seventh-fastest car on the grid—and sixth when Nevada was banned—but ever since he had upgraded it to the fifth fastest, surpassing Ailbeart's Renault, Luca always anticipated qualifying in the top five with confidence.
These were currently the top five OFFICIAL fastest cars in the F1 competition at the moment:
—Mercedes (AMG F1 W09) piloted by Antonio Luigi/ Squadra Corse
—Ferrari (JRX-97) piloted by Marcellus Rodnick/ Jackson Racing
—Red Bull (RBioL) piloted by Davide DiMarco and Jimmy Damgaard/ Bueseno Velocità
—Mercedes (W15R BlackHalo) piloted by Marko Ignatova/ Squadra Corse
—Renault (R.S.16) piloted by Ailbeart Moireach/ Haddock Racing
