[Sport]Hamilton assaults his 4th pole of the year in Montmeló

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Lewis Hamilton's appetite is of the same caliber as the superiority of the Mercedes. So the cocktail usually brings something great for both of you. And if the Brit fails, Bottas is there to come to the rescue. The fact is that the World Championship leader grabbed his fourth pole of the season in Montmeló and continues to move away from that Schumacher record that seemed unapproachable. Lewis already has 92. Carlos Sainz will start seventh, ahead of his teammate Norris.

 

Hamilton, who is not usually in favor of noticing the records he achieves, played down his 92nd pole position. "I did a decent first lap and it helped me to be the first," he said. A record that will allow him to go ahead of Max Verstappen, who 'stole' the victory in the last event held a week ago at Silverstone, during the 70th anniversary Grand Prix. "We have never been in Barcelona with so much heat. Physically it is hard to race in these conditions," said the Briton, who had won four times there. The last one, last year.

 

                    

 

"All weekend we have been third and I am quite happy with it. I felt good inside the car and I hope I can put a little pressure on the Mercedes in the race. We will try to do everything possible to get closer and to make it difficult for them," said Verstappen , the great threat to the Mercedes, which debuted its record in Montmeló, back in 2016, taking advantage of a battle between Rosberg and Hamilton, owners then of the silver arrows.

 

The final battle was reserved, as usual, for the two 'silver arrows', and it was Hamilton who managed to prevail. For his part, Carlos Sainz managed to climb to seventh place, two hundredths of sixth, and will start the Grand Prix at 'home' through the clean zone and ahead of his teammate, the British Lando Norris. "In Q3 we were not able to improve as much as the others because we did not find anything extra on the track or in the car. I think that seventh position is the one we deserve," said Sainz.

 

It was another troubled midday for Ferrari, who saw Sebastian Vettel not even make it into Q3. He will start eleventh. His best asset will be Leclerc, ninth, behind the two McLaren.