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GP 70th ANNIVERSARY F1, QUALIFICATIONS: Pole position BOTTAS, surprise HULK

Valtteri Bottas managed to guess teammate Lewis Hamilton in the last attempt and thus secured the best starting position in tomorrow's race. Third place for Nico Hülkenberg. Mercedes back in his league.

Finnish racer of the Mercedes team Valtteri Bottas will be tomorrow's race Grand Prix of the 70th anniversary of Formula 1 started from the best starting position as he managed to beat a teammate by a hair Lewis Hamilton. That's for Bottas second pole position this year and 13th in his career. Nico Hülkenberg however, it succeeded in other qualifications after a temporary return to Formula 1 to win third place.

Q1 - Vettel with torment in the next round

Nico Hulkenberg he was the first racer to drive on the track and understandably set the best time compared to the teams from the background. Only Mercedes the duo knocked him out of first place. Bottas in Hamilton so he overtook Verstappen. The top four at the moment were within one-tenth of a second. With another quick lap on the soft rubber compound it is Mercedes put things back in place. Five minutes before the end, they were at the top again Hamilton in Bottas. honey Oconom in Russell however, there has been a misunderstanding as it is French with his Renault drive slowly on an ideal line. The case is discussed at race commissioners.

Valtteri Bottas won his second pole position this year and 13th in his career

In the final stage, all the racers were except Verstappen, Hulkenberg in Leclerc again on the track. Hag in Stroll they were in 13th and 14th place at the time after poor first attempts and were in danger of dropping out. Both managed to advance to the second part of the qualifications with the last forces. Last place to enter Q2 he assured himself Russell. Kvyat however, the fastest lap was deleted due to a track limit violation, so it is Rus remained in Q1.

Dropped out in Q1: Daniil Kvjat (AlphaTauri), Kevin Magnussen (Haas), Nicholas Latifi (Williams), Antonio Giovinazzi and Kimi Raikkonen (both Alfa Romeo).

Lewis Hamilton had to settle for second place today.

Q2 - Hülkenberg shone, Vettel dropped out

The second part of the qualifications was revealed courageous strategy. Red Bull namely, as the only team he dared to advance to Q3 on the race car Max Verstappen to install hard rubber compound. All the other racers were on the middle yellow mix. With time 1: 25.785 minutes je Bottas in the first quick lap he set a great time as his teammate Hamilton lagged behind him by almost half a second. The first pursuers of the black silver arrows were at this point Ricciardo with Renault and Leclerc with a Ferrari. Verstappen he finished fifth with a gap of less than a second.

Hag was at this time the eleventh, his countryman Hulkenberg but by mistake only the 13th, after achieving the best time in the first sector. For the decisive fast lap is Ferrari Vettel shod in a soft rubber compound. Mercedes in Leclerc they also drove a soft mix, but only for test purposes for the Q3. Hulkenberg took full advantage of the second quick lap in the middleweight division and advanced to the last part of the qualifiers as second. Verstappen he had just broken into Q3, as he was ninth and caught last place Norris. Vettel even with soft tires it failed to break beyond 12. places.

Dropped out in Q2: Esteban Ocon (Renault), Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari), Carlos Sainz (McLaren), Romain Grosjean (Haas) and George Russell (Williams).

Nico Hülkenberg was probably the happiest man in Silverstone and far around after the qualifiers.

Q3 - Bottas by a hair ahead of Hamilton and Hulk in third place

After the defeat of c Q2 je Hamilton initially hit back and pushed Bottas into second place. Current firstif it was with time 1:25.284 minutes by a good tenth of a second faster than a teammate. Ricciardo he confirmed his good form as the third Renault, but he was a second behind the best. For Australians ranked fourth Hulkenberg, which was faster than Verstappen.

Hamilton in Bottas opened the final experiment c Q3 namely on the middle tire compound. Identical times of the first sector were achieved, but Finn he honestly added in another sector where he achieved the absolute best time. In the latter sector, however, it was faster again Hamilton, a the sum of the three sectors meant he was at the end Bottas za six hundredths of a second better than Hamilton and was able to look forward to the best starting position.

Recognition of the Hulk by colleagues.

Za Mercedes he achieved an excellent third place on the soft rubber compound Hulkenberg, which he also left behind Max Verstappen, who finished fourth. He won fifth and excellent place Daniel ricciardo, he was sixth Lance stroll, seventh Pierre Gasly, eighth Charles Leclerc, ninth Alex Albon and the tenth Lando Norris.  

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