Hamilton Wins 99th Pole Position In Career At Emilia Romagna GP

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JAKARTA - Mercedes racer Lewis Hamilton grabbed his 99th career pole position in Formula 1 after appearing fastest in the qualifying round of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in Imola, Italy on Saturday. Hamilton scored 1: 14,411 to beat Sergio Perez by a margin of 0.035 seconds. for pole position in Q3.Finis P2, Perez for the first time beat his teammate at Red Bull, Max Verstappen, who confirmed the speed of the RB16B car in the third starting position, 0.087 seconds from pole sitter records, according to the official Formula 1 website. expecting to be in front of the two Red Bulls, they were very fast this weekend, "Hamilton said after qualifying." This car feels so much better, I want to thank the team for their hard work. "I love the challenge, with these two Red Bulls. it will certainly make strategy more difficult, "said the British rider who is eyeing his eighth world title this season. Meanwhile, Verstappen is quite a streak. not with the starting position, and will take advantage of the slipstream to push forward into the first corner. "Not very good in Q3, a little messy, not a good lap," said Verstappen. "P3 is a good starting position, there are two cars in front with different tires, we will make this race difficult for them. "

Charles Leclerc continued Ferrari's positive trend after finishing 0.329 seconds from pole to secure P4 when his team-mate, Carlos Sainz, failed to survive Q2 and had to settle for P11. Last year's Emilia Romagna GP champion, Pierre Gasly, appeared quite consistent with his AlphaTauri car. to P5 in front of the McLaren duet, Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris who loomed at P6 and P7. However, the AlphaTauri team crew will be overtime tonight after rookie Yuki Tsunoda had an accident in the Q1 session so that the rear of his car was damaged quite badly. Failed to record time, The Japanese racer will start from last position. Saturday is not the best day for Valtteri Bottas. After appearing to dominate two training sessions on Friday, the Finn cannot go any faster than P8. Alpine team rider Esteban Ocon will start from P9 when team-mate Fernando Alonso is thrown into P15. Lance Stroll completes the top ten leading starting positions for Aston Martin. Sebastian Vettel has not been able to break into the top ten in his debut with Aston Martin. The four-time world champion will start from P13, between two Williams riders, George Russell and Nicholas Latifi. After finishing with double points in last year's race, Alfa Romeo this time couldn't even survive Q1 when Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi slumped in P16 and P17, in front of the team duet Haas, Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin.

Qualifying results for Emilia Romagna1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team 1: 14,4112 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing 1: 14,4463 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1: 14,4984 Charles Leclerc Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow 1: 14,7405 Pierre Gasly Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda 1: 14,7906 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren F1 Team 1: 14,8267 Lando Norris McLaren F1 Team 1: 14,8758 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team 1: 14,8989 Esteban Ocon Alpine F1 Team 1:15 , 21010 Lance Stroll Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team No time set11 Carlos Sainz Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow12 George Russell Williams Racing13 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team14 Nicholas Latifi Williams Racing15 Fernando Alonso Alpine F1 Team16 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen17 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen18 Mick Schumacher Uralkali Haas F1 Team19 Nikita Mazepin Uralkali Haas F1 Team 20 Yuki Tsunoda Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda