Daniel Ricciardo snatches in Mexico city, his team-mate Max verse way fall into the last lap, the Pole Position. Succeeds Sebastian Vettel of course, four starting, to postpone the championship decision?
Lewis Hamilton can prepare the title Fiesta. The championship leader secured on Saturday in a pack qualifying for the Grand Prix of Mexico in the third place, even before his victory fucking German pursuers Sebastian Vettel. The German formula 1 Pilot came in the Ferrari, only on rank four. “I had not expected that we would be so far in front,” said Hamilton.
Very exciting, it will be because Vettel is right next to him. It’s all going to happen from his point of view may Crash – just not a earlier. Because Vettel needs to win the race this Sunday (starting at 20.10 CET, starting from 20.00 o’clock in the DW live Ticker for this), to the premature coronation of Hamilton’s still procrastination. The Briton may not come across in eighth place. Not to beat for both of the two Red Bull drivers were in a rousing knock – out elimination. However, there was a fall year-on-year winner is Max, but his Australian team-mate Daniel Ricciardo, who secured the Pole.
Verstappen was missing only 26 thousandths of a second, in order to ensure also for the record as the youngest Pilot on the Pole. The record-breaking Sebastian Vettel from the year 2008 in Italy, with 21 years and 73 days now still. Vettel tried from the start. In front of the imposing and noisy backdrop to the Autódromo Hermanos Rodriguez, the German presented a look at the best time, when the qualification started. Hamilton came first ran, it was about a half a second on the 4.3-Kilometer-long course is slower.
The track was getting faster and faster. Verstappen, in all three training units, and Ricciardo pushed themselves to the front. To Valtteri Bottas in the second Mercedes and Hamilton seriously. The rather very moderate Friday, with Mercedes-Benz reduced engine power due to the thin air at 2250 meters, and the hydraulics were broken forget for Bottas in the last Free practice on Saturday, the engineers had done everything right.
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After the first time section of the pack was the end of the fight for the Pole, of the two of the three races in Mexico city since the return of formula 1 in the capital. In 2015, it was Nico Rosberg in the Mercedes, 2016 Hamilton. A year ago, Vettel took Pole, but Verstappen won the dramatic coronation race from Hamilton.
With the tiny four-thousandths of a second, Verstappen drove in the second knockout section, ahead of Hamilton, Vettel only 75 thousandths of a second was behind Verstappen. Then the decision, ten minutes high voltage: Vettel, remained as the first driver of the weekend under 1:15 minutes. But the three riders, messengers behind him, under him. First Hamilton, then Verstappen. But the Dutchman had been happy too early: team-mate Ricciardo was still faster.
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