World champion Lewis Hamilton celebrates first place in qualifying for Sunday’s Tuscany Grand Prix.
Bryn Lennon, Reuters
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Hamilton finished 1: 15,144 for his 95th pole position in his career and was the first to beat Bottas in Mugello, where he presented himself in the Formula 1 championship for the very first time. The Finnish pilot won all three training sessions, but today he was 59 thousandths of a second behind the defending champion.
“This circuit is fantastic. In turns six to nine you drive at a speed of around 300 kilometers per hour and the congestion is incredible,” said Hamilton. “How challenging it is that Valtteri was better than me not only on Friday, but this morning,” he added. “We worked a lot with the mechanics on the settings and also on the cornering approaches, so I finally managed to get the bike I needed,” said Hamilton, who was also helped a lot by Esteban Ocon’s mistake from Renault, after which the yellow flags and Bottas were hoisted. he had to slow down on the last attempt.
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“It definitely hurt me because I was upset and it looked like a good result,” said the Finnish pilot. “It’s a disappointment, because I’ve been driving here fast since the beginning. But there will be a long way to the first turn tomorrow and the headwind could help me there,” Bottas added.
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Valtteri Bottas was the fastest in the introductory training for the Tuscan Grand Prix.
Jennifer Lorenzini, Reuters
Mercedes drivers have something to fix during the first year of the Tuscan Grand Prix. A week ago in Hamilton, Monza was deprived of a clear victory by an unauthorized pit stop, while Bottas finished in fifth place after a bad start from second place.
Even the Italian Grand Prix did not win for Verstappen, who resigned due to technical problems. He will start Sunday’s race in Tuscany from third place, where the pilot of the Red Bull team finished with a loss of almost four tenths of a second to Hamilton.
His teammate Alexander Albon took fourth place in the qualification, and Charles Leclerc forgot for the worries of Ferrari, which is celebrating its jubilee 1000th race at the home test circuit in Mugello, at least for a while. Sebastian Vettel, the second driver of the Italian stable and four-time world champion, was fourteenth.
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Pierre Gasly during training for the Spanish Grand Prix.
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The unexpected winner of the previous race in Monza, Pierre Gasly, fared two places worse. The Alpha Tauri driver, who, together with Verstappen, was able to disrupt the dominance of the championship Mercedes in the previous eight races of the season, was eliminated in the first part in qualifying.
Sunday’s race will be watched by a limited number of spectators from 15:10, as well as during training and qualifying for the first time in the coronavirus-affected season. Hamilton will attack the 90th victory in his career, which would be the difference of a single triumph from the record of the famous Michael Schumacher.
| Qualification for the Tuscan GP, Formula 1 World Championship race in Mugello: |
| 1. Hamilton (Brit./Mercedes) 1:15,144 |
| 2. Bottas (Fin./Mercedes) -0.059 |
| 3. Verstappen (Niz./Red Bull) -0,365 |
| 4. Albon (Thaj./Red Bull) -0,810 |
| 5. Leclerc (Mon./Ferrari) -1,126 |
| 6. Pérez (Mex./Racing Point) -1,167 |
| 7. Stroll (Kan./Racing Point) -1,212 |
| 8. Ricciardo (Austr./Renault) -1,399 |
| 9. Sainz (Sp. / McLaren) -2,726 |
| 10. Ocon (Fr./Renault) no time. |
| Note: Pérez will lose one position at the start after a penalty for an accident in Friday’s second practice. |
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