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Lewis Hamilton continued his dominance of the Formula One season by putting his Mercedes on pole position for the Belgian Grand Prix.
Hamilton, who has a 37-point championship lead over Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, beat teammate Valtteri Bottas to first place with a new record at Spa-Francorchamps.
The world champion overcame Bottas’s challenge at the iconic 4.3-mile spot in the Ardennes by half a second. Verstappen lines up third ahead of Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo.
“That was for Chadwick [Boseman]”said Hamilton, referring to the Hollywood star who died on Saturday.” Rest in peace, friend “.
After Sebastian Vettel ended up rooted in the foot of the times in final practice, Ferrari had been contemplating one of the most humiliating afternoons in the long history of the Italian team.
Yet against all odds, both Scarlet cars survived the embarrassment of being knocked out in Q1.
Instead, Leclerc, who won from pole here last year, will start 13th, one place ahead of teammate Vettel in what is proving to be a season to forget for the Scuderia.
“M — there’s not much else I can do,” a dejected Leclerc said on the radio.
British driver Hamilton, however, remains firmly on track to equal Michael Schumacher’s record of seven championships.
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