Hamilton takes Pole Position in Sao Paulo

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World champion Lewis Hamilton drives during Qualifying in Sao Paulo set a new lap record. Sebastian Vettel makes Trouble, because he demolished a checkweigher.

Pole Position for Lewis Hamilton, second place for Sebastian Vettel in Qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix (Start on Sunday at 18.10 CET) landed the Briton, who is already known as a world champion, in the Mercedes in front of the world Cup-Second in the Ferrari. Hamilton drove with a time of 1:07,281 minutes a new lap record and was thus about nine hundredths of a second faster than Vettel.

Vettel under braking is

“I lost it into turn eight!”, an angry Vettel in the pit radio called, without this mistake he would have conquered the first spot: “Thanks guys, the car was good, but I had this tiny mistake under braking.” Hamilton said it was a hard Qualifying session, “the Ferrari is incredibly fast this weekend. For me not everything has worked out perfectly, in the end I am very happy about the Pole.” Hamilton’s team-mate Valtteri Bottas ended up third in front of fourth-placed Kimi Raikkonen in the second Ferrari. In the battle for the Team championship, Mercedes goes so with an advantage.

Libra destroyed

Vettel had to compete after Qualifying for the Rapport with the Stewards. The Ferrari driver was brought after the second section of qualifying for the weigh-in in the Box, had turned off during the process, as usual, his engine and zooming Out, the balance is destroyed. “It’s better if I say nothing,” said Vettel initially said but then, what had happened: “you should not call us in such a Situation, if the conditions change,” he said with a glance at the quite high probability of a rain shower, and the related activity in the Garage: “We had to do. I wanted you to hurry.”

Nico Hulkenberg ended up in the Renault only on the 14. Rank. A starting place penalty against Frenchman Esteban Ocon in the Force India, the German advance to a Position.

sn/dv (sid, dpa)