Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton wins the battle for the most important Pole Position of the year at the Grand Prix of Monaco. Sebastian Vettel will be demoted in his Ferrari, more and more of the supporting cast.
Formula 1 driver and world championship leader Lewis Hamilton will start Sunday in the Grand Prix of Monaco (15.10) on the Pole Position. The Briton went on Saturday for the Qualifying lap record and secured the first starting position ahead of his teammate Valtteri Bottas. The Mercedes should succeed-pilots, again with a double victory, this would be the sixth success of the Stuttgart-based Duo in the sixth race.
On the third place, the Dutchman Max verse ends up tapping with his Red Bull. For the Ferrari Pilot Sebastian Vettel, it was only enough for fourth place. The German drove almost eight tenths of a second slower than Hamilton – and none of the placed in front of him cars could be dangerous. For the other German drivers, Nico Hülkenberg, with his Renault, was only enough for eleventh place.
Miracle lap from Hamilton
It is the 85. Pole Position in Hamilton’s formula 1 career and the second in the current season. It is only in the last lap, the Briton had won the first place. By his miracles-round at the end, he distanced his team-mate Bottas to 0,086 seconds.
The 34-year-old Hamilton gained a perfect starting position for the race on Sunday. Because overtaking is in the streets of the Principality is extremely difficult. Proof: In the past 33 years, 26 Times has obtained a rider from the first row of the grid. Since 2009, the Pole Position seven times, and the Foundation for the victory.
It should come to a renewed success of Hamilton and Bottas, it would be the first Time in the 70-year-old formula 1 history that a Team can get in six races, six double victories.
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