Hamilton is in ecstasy and tomorrow he intends to pull out all his weapons – F1sport.cz

Lewis Hamilton (3rd in training, 1st in qualifying)

In the last races, Max Verstappen and the Red Bull team had the upper hand. Hamilton was all the happier from today’s first place in qualifying for tomorrow’s premiere sprint race.

“It’s amazing. Let me tell you, we worked really hard on that. We put the maximum into it. Here on the track, in the factory and in the simulator. We tried to concentrate and squeeze everything out of the car.

Red Bull was really fast this morning. We were not afraid, but we were disappointed by such a distance. But I still believed, we made some changes and the car behaved great in qualifying. I knew it looked good, but I still lost four tenths in Q1.

We have a lot of work to do again tomorrow. My head is upright and full of sharp. I’ll show everything I can tomorrow. Tomorrow’s second practice will also be valuable, “says Hamilton.

Valtteri Bottas (5th in training, 3rd in qualifying)

The Finnish competitor helped his colleague quite significantly in the qualification. He allowed Hamilton to grab him and smash the air in front of him on the straights. Bottas let it be heard that he didn’t mind this help. He is a team player.

“Yes, I think we are a team and we strive for the best results together. As you can see, the fans enjoyed it. It’s good. I think it was a good qualification and it is good that we as a team got pole position. Red Bull was really fast in training.

I was the first rider of our team to hit the track in Q3. That’s why my task was to blow up the air. Taking that into account, I think I rode a good bike. Sure, this was a qualifier, but we have a qualifying race tomorrow, so I’ll still have a lot of opportunities to move up. I’m looking forward to it, “said Bottas.

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