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Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton starts first in the Russian Grand Prix, in the tenth round of the 2020 season of the Formula 1 World Championship, setting the best time in the qualifying session at the Sochi circuit, beating the driver of Red Bull Max Verstappen, while Hamilton’s colleague entered. Team Valtteri Bottas in third place.
The first fastest laps in the third section of qualifying saw a comfortable victory for Lewis Hamilton, scoring 1: 31.391d, 0.793d ahead of Valtteri Bottas, while the battle between Red Bull driver Max Verstappen and his competitor Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo while present In third and fourth place, with a difference of only 0.004 seconds between them.
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Heading into recent fastest laps, all eyes were on Bottas on his potential to improve his best timing and try to break Hamilton’s grip.
But the superiority was again in favor of Hamilton, who set 1: 31.304 d, a new record time for the Sochi circuit, while Bottas only scored 1: 31.956 d, to start from third position.
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen excelled on his final fastest lap and was the last driver to cross the finish line, securing a score of 1: 31.867d to secure a second starting position.
Hamilton’s qualifying for the third section of the qualifying session was not easy. As the Brit saw, his first fast timing, on a set of medium hard tires, was eliminated for drifting off the lane at the last corner.
The Mercedes team opted to give Hamilton another new set of medium hard tires, confident that these types of tires are the best at the start of the race, and Hamilton was on a good lap until the red flags were raised. on that fast lap.
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Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel suffered a violent accident in turn four, causing the red flags to be raised and testing suspended, and Hamilton was unable to complete his fast turn to return to the maintenance area.
After continuing the qualifying session, with 2:15 minutes to go in Division Two, Hamilton had to go with the use of a new set of soft tires to ensure he didn’t risk being disqualified in the top ten, while that his colleague Bottas and Red Bull driver Max Verstappen made sure to use medium-hard tires. At the start of the race on Sunday.
Racing Point driver Sergio Pérez also performed well on his last fastest lap, scoring the fourth fastest time, while Carlo Sainz finished sixth, between the Renault duo Daniel Ricardo and Esteban Ocon in fifth and seventh respectively.
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As for Pérez’s teammate, Lance Stroll, who uses the improved Racing Point car, had a problem with his car while waiting to continue the qualifying session in the second section of the qualifying session and was unable to complete another fast lap. . 13 Only.
Lando Norris finished eighth for McLaren, while Pierre Gasly finished ninth for Alpha Tore, ahead of Verstappen’s Red Bull teammate Alexander Albon, who finished in the top ten.
Returning to the second part of the qualifying session, Vettel’s teammate on the Ferrari team, Charles Leclerc, who avoided colliding with Vettel by a very small difference during that accident he suffered. After continuing with testing, Leclerc headed to the ring and couldn’t improve his timing, settling for 11th place, while Vettel starts from 15th.
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Daniel Kvyat failed to join his colleague Pierre Gasly in the top ten, settling for 12th at the start line of Sunday’s race against Stroll.
Once again Williams driver George Russell shone as he qualified for the second division and finished 14th, while his teammate Nicholas Latifi came in 19th place, beating only Alfa Romeo driver Kimi Raikkonen. , who will start his 322nd career in Formula 1 from last.
Raikkonen’s teammate, Kimi Raikkonen, came in at 17th place, between the Haas duo Roman Grogan and Kevin Magnussen at 16 and 17, respectively.
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