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october 06, 2018 - Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport

Formula 1 - 2018 Japanese Grand Prix - Saturday

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport lock out the front row in Suzuka

  • Lewis claimed his 80th Formula One pole position – his eighth of the 2018 season and second at the #suzuka International #racing Circuit
  • Valtteri will start tomorrow’s race from P2 – his best-ever starting position in Japan
  • Today’s result marks the 175th front row place for Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport in Formula One

Driver

Chassis No.

FP3

Q1

Q2

Q3

Lewis Hamilton

F1 W09 EQ Power+/05

P1

3 Laps

P1

3 Laps

P2

5 Laps

P1

1:28.702

SuperSoft

1:28.017

Soft

1:27.760

SuperSoft,

SuperSoft

Valtteri Bottas

F1 W09 EQ Power+/06

P5

3 Laps

P3

4 Laps

P1

5 Laps

P2

1:29.297

SuperSoft

1:27.987

Soft,

SuperSoft

1:28.059

SuperSoft,

SuperSoft

Lewis Hamilton

The session started out ok, but then you look out the garage and you see it’s raining, spitting, that it’s very humid, I saw a couple of cars spin. It was very difficult to know whether the track was going to be dry or whether it was going to be wet. 

Further information in the press release to download

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