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Twelfth Gp of World 2020 of Formula 1 and twelfth pole position signed by Mercedes, with a ninth double in the front row. At the Algarve circuit in Portimao, the return to the Portuguese Grand Prix calendar after an absence of 30 years marks Lewis hamilton , who preceded his teammate Valtteri Bottas at the end of an exciting head-to-head.
For the Englishman, this is pole number 98 in his career: this way he avoided in extremis the “risk” of missing the first position on the grid for two consecutive races, something that has not happened to Hamilton since the end of last season. .
For Ferrari it was the usual Saturday with few lights. Eighth consecutive suspension in Q2 for Sebastian Vettel, who will start eleventh, while Charles Leclerc he snatched fourth place: the Monegasque’s performance remained good and Ferrari’s strategy of using the medium tire until the end of Q2 was courageous. For the first time this season, Ferrari brings a car to the second row for two consecutive GPs.
Bottas had started in front of everyone at the Eifel GP at Nurburgring, only to surrender in the race to the overwhelming power of his teammate, who also dominated the drivers’ standings and star in Germany of the historic 91st career victory, so many. as the all-time record holder Michael Schumacher. Therefore, Hamilton could experience a historic day on Lusitanian soil.
We’ll see how it goes, but we look forward to another race apart from the Silver Arrows, it seemed from another planet in qualifying. The only one capable of containing the damage was, as always, the Red Bull Max verstappen , who managed to stay between the two Mercedes drivers until the end of Q2, then surrendered to the inevitable one-two.
A good fifth place for Sergio Pérez’s Racing Point, while the other Red Bull, Alexander Albon’s, will start in the third row with the McLaren of future Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz jr., Who preceded his teammate Lando Norris. To complete the top ten the 9th place of Pierre Gasly with the Alpha-Tauri and the tenth of a Daniel Ricciardo in difficulty with the Renault.
OMNISPORT | 10-24-2020 16:54
