2019 British Grand Prix dailycarblog.com
Hamilton Humbled At Home Grand Prix By Barnstormer Bottas
Formula One

There seems to be an expectation of Lewis Hamilton routing his teammate at every qualifying session. That was true for much of last season however in 2019 Bottas is determined to get into Hamilton’s face and he did at the one race Hamilton covets above all others. The British Grand Prix. Initially, the Ferraris appeared to have the fastest package, come Q3 team Mercedes AMG suddenly turned up the hype and delivered yet another front row lockout. By the narrowest of margins

It was narrow more so between Mercedes AMG F1 teammates, Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton was beaten by thousandths of a second and Charles Leclerc was just under a tenth of a second behind Hamilton. Max Verstappen was nearly 4-tenths away, a fine showing for the Honda powered Red Bull.

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Sebastian Vettel continues to struggle against his teammate and was over 6-tenths off the pace as 4-times champion continues a mysterious dip in form. The Renault of Daniel Ricciardo was next followed by English rookie drivers Land Norris and Alex Albon.

But it was Bottas who stole the show and silenced the English crowd who expected an imperious Hamilton to deliver pole position without ever breaking into a sweat. But this is qualifying, a short term adrenalin rush for the fastest alpha males on the planet.

The race is where the spoils are divided, where defeat is determined and where the name of the victorious is etched onto the trophy. Sunday will be a close fought battle, at least 4 drivers have the possibility to win.

2019 British Grand Prix: Qualifying Results

1 77 Valtteri Bottas MERCEDES 1:25.750 1:25.672 1:25.093 21
2 44 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES 1:25.513 1:25.840 1:25.099 17
3 16 Charles Leclerc FERRARI 1:25.533 1:25.546 1:25.172 18
4 33 Max Verstappen RED BULL RACING HONDA 1:25.700 1:25.848 1:25.276 21
5 10 Pierre Gasly RED BULL RACING HONDA 1:26.273 1:26.038 1:25.590 21
6 5 Sebastian Vettel FERRARI 1:25.898 1:26.023 1:25.787 19
7 3 Daniel Ricciardo RENAULT 1:26.428 1:26.283 1:26.182 21
8 4 Lando Norris MCLAREN RENAULT 1:26.079 1:26.385 1:26.224 21
9 23 Alexander Albon SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA 1:26.482 1:26.403 1:26.345 24
10 27 Nico Hulkenberg RENAULT 1:26.568 1:26.397 1:26.386 21
11 99 Antonio Giovinazzi ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI 1:26.449 1:26.519   18
12 7 Kimi Räikkönen ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI 1:26.558 1:26.546   18
13 55 Carlos Sainz MCLAREN RENAULT 1:26.203 1:26.578   15
14 8 Romain Grosjean HAAS FERRARI 1:26.347 1:26.757   17
15 11 Sergio Perez RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES 1:26.649 1:26.928   14
16 20 Kevin Magnussen HAAS FERRARI 1:26.662     9
17 26 Daniil Kvyat SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA 1:26.721     10
18 18 Lance Stroll RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES 1:26.762     9
19 63 George Russell WILLIAMS MERCEDES 1:27.789     9
20 88 Robert Kubica WILLIAMS MERCEDES 1:28.257     10

Q1 107% time – 1:31.498

 

 


 

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