Russian GP, ​​Hamilton on pole ahead of Verstappen. Ferrari: Leclerc 11th takes it out on the wall, Vettel on the wall



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Thirty thousand people in the Sochi stands watched the Mercedes duel for the first two starting boxes while the others played for the back seats. Lewis hamilton flies toward Schumacher’s record of 91 victories with 96th career pole. He ends up under the lens of the stewards for a wide passage beyond the limits of the track, but is acquitted. And next to him is a surprise Max verstappen. Bottas in the second row with Pérez. For Ferrari, another classification to forget.

The very particular Russian circuit: with its long straight before Turn 1 it favors attacks from behind, very sensitive to slipping. Last year, Vettel took the lead from third place (then won Hamilton). In 2017 Bottas beff the two Ferraris at the beginning for their first success in F1.

The Finn, who was very fast all weekend, could have played cleverly by lifting his foot. But it would be a risky tactic, because Verstappen A hard bone to crack. Mercedes’ 10th pole out of ten of the season was much more rugged than usual, and also uncertain.

The incident of Sebastian Vettel in Q2 with just over two minutes remaining (bad shot, but the German is fine) he put on a frantic run on the last attempt to avoid a sensational exclusion from the top ten.

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Lewis hamilton escaped by a mustache by breaking the protocol between pilots so he is not exceeded on the launch lap.

The six-time world champion is gone Charles Leclerc For another horrible Saturday for Ferrari: the Monegasque starts eleventh, he was very frustrated on the radio. He’s mad at the low wall, which he claimed reported a wrong hole for the last try: I was told I had Ocon a second or two behind. Instead, I think it was more detached, I had more margin. I’m angry, I have to get rid and calm down Tomorrow’s race, where they get into or aim. It was a difficult weekend, I did not drive well. But in qualifying he had found a good rhythm.

Mate Sebastian Fifteenth: He returned to the wells at the foot observing the Red Uprooted being carried by the crane, he picked up pieces of wing with his hands. Seb lost control of the car at Turn 4 after a curb pass, which ended up on the wall bouncing off the track. Leclerc immediately passed behind, dodging it for a very short time. I wanted to improve especially in the first sector and I lost the car first in turn 2 and then in turn 4. I tried to recover it, I wanted to avoid the impact and I did not succeed but still I am well explained number 5.

September 26, 2020 (change September 26, 2020 | 17:04)

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