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july 22, 2018 - Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport

Formula 1 - 2018 German Grand Prix - Saturday

Mixed feelings after a tough Saturday for Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport

  • Valtteri set the second fastest time in Qualifying and will start from P2 on the grid
  • Lewis had to stop the car in Q1 owing to a loss of hydraulic pressure from failed power steering
  • Valtteri will start tomorrow’s Grand Prix on the UltraSoft tyre

Driver

Chassis No.

FP3

Q1

Q2

Q3

Valtteri Bottas

F1 W09 EQ Power+/04

No time

8 Laps

P3

3 Laps

P1

7 Laps

P2

1:12.962

UltraSoft

1:12.152

UltraSoft

1:11.416

UltraSoft,

UltraSoft

Lewis Hamilton

F1 W09 EQ Power+/01

No time

8 Laps

P5

No time

No time

1:13.012

UltraSoft

Valtteri Bottas

It felt like a good lap, especially in the last sector, but I don’t think pole was up for grabs for us today – Ferrari was just a bit quicker. It is going to be very close between us and them tomorrow; the race start and the strategy will decide the outcome. We’ve been working on our starts and made good progress, but the Ferraris have been producing really good starts this season, so we’l l find out if we have closed the gap. It was a shame that Lewis missed most of Qualifying. He will try and get as far up as possible, we’ve seen in the previous races that he’s capable of that.

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