A magical Saturday night for Lewis Hamilton in Jeddah. The seven-time world champion conquers his career pole position number 103, preceding Valtteri Bottas at the end of qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix for a monopolized front row.
As a matter of fact, when Max Verstappen recorded as overflowing in his last timed attempt he was four tenths faster than Hamilton’s best time trial, but the Dutchman’s too much greed made him hit the wall as he exited the last corner of the circuit, relegating it to the third position.
Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes W12
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And Lewis knows how high the value of the opponents is. “Red Bull here is something special, I am grateful for what we have achieved today. In terms of race pace, as far as we have seen between Friday and today we are very close, they have fixed something in terms of set-up. Tomorrow the fight it will be very close, but both Valtteri and I are on the right track “, the Englishman said hotly once he got off his W12.
And it is precisely for Bottas that words of praise are wasted. “We worked a lot with the simulation and with the set-up: Valtteri is the best companion I’ve ever had, we worked to find the best set-up and to bring the car to the conditions we wanted.”
“The track is really complicated, though! Really incredibly technical and complex, it is extraordinary what they built. We were very fast during free practice, but in FP3 and in qualifying we suffered, we lacked something both in terms of pace and in qualifying. ‘use of rubber. The double win makes us proud, I am proud of the work of the boys and of Valtteri “, concludes Hamilton.
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