Bottas wins pole at Silverstone ahead of Hamilton, Sainz will start 13th

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Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas has signed a tight pole for the Grand Prix of Great Britain, the tenth round of the Formula 1 World Championship, where the top three finishers were separated by only one tenth, while the Spaniard Carlos Sainz (McLaren) must start thirteenth by being eliminated in Q2.

With the tenth pole of the race, the Scandinavian will try to take advantage of his privileged position to win at 'home' of his teammate, who was only 6 thousandths of his reference time. Thus, Lewis Hamilton will complete the first row of the grid. On the other hand, the Monegasque Charles Leclerc has stayed close to the 'silver arrows', to 79 thousandths of Bottas, and will start third in a second line that he will share with the Dutch Max Verstappen.

Under the threat of the always unpredictable time of Silverstone, the pilots jumped to the Q1 covered with soft tires, except the Ferraris, the only ones who wore the intermediates. Even so, Leclerc was able to stay at 20 tenths of Hamilton's reference time in his first lap.

The Danish Kevin Magnussen, the Russian Daniil Kvyat, the Canadian Lance Stroll, the British George Russell and the Polish Robert Kubica were eliminated after the end of the first round, and Sainz passed seventh. The Spaniard, however, did not overcome the cut of Q2, where the final pass at the last minute of the Finn Kimi Raikkonen, who could not continue in the fight, left him out. With this, it ended with the good feelings of the MCL34 during the weekend. The positive note: you can choose tire to start.

 

Along with Spanish and Scandinavia fell the Italian Antonio Giovinazzi, the Frenchman Romain Grosjean and the Mexican Sergio 'Checo' Pérez. Vettel had to hurry until the last minute to not be out, although he saved the situation by placing fifth in his last turn with the time completed.

Already in Q3, Bottas (1: 25.093) was two tenths faster than Hamilton, who lost time due to the oversteer of his car in the second sector, on the first attempt. After wearing new tires, the two 'silver arrows' jumped back to the track to challenge again, but the five-time world champion was 6 thousandths of Bottas' time. In purple helmet began Leclerc his thrown back, that threatened the pole of Mercedes; nevertheless, the step by goal left him to 79 thousandths of the 'poleman' and will have to start third, next to Verstappen, fourth.

The 'Top 10' was completed by the Frenchman Pierre Gasly (Red Bull), Vettel, the Australian Daniel Ricciardo, the British Lando Norris, the Thai Alexander Albon and the German Nico Hulkenberg.