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october 21, 2018 - Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport
Formula 1 - 2018 United States Grand Prix - Saturday
Lewis storms to pole position, Valtteri to start tomorrow’s race from P3
- Lewis claimed his 81st Formula One pole position – his ninth of the 2018 season and fourth at the #unitedstates Grand Prix, equalling Michael Schumacher’s pole record in the USA
- Valtteri will start tomorrow’s #unitedstates Grand Prix from P3 on the grid
- Both drivers will start the race on the SuperSoft compound tyre
- Today’s result marks the 99th pole position for Mercedes in Formula One
Driver | Chassis No. | FP3 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | |||
Lewis Hamilton | F1 W09 EQ Power+/05 | P3 | 5 Laps | P1 | 8 Laps | P3 | 7 Laps | P1 |
1:34.130 | UltraSoft | 1:33.480 | SuperSoft, UltraSoft | 1:32.237 | UltraSoft, UltraSoft | |||
Valtteri Bottas | F1 W09 EQ Power+/06 | P4 | 5 Laps | P2 | 6 Laps | P4 | 6 Laps | P4 |
1:34.518 | UltraSoft | 1:33.702 | SuperSoft, UltraSoft | 1:32.616 | UltraSoft, UltraSoft | |||
Lewis Hamilton
I’m so happy, this is a great result. We knew that it was going to be extremely close today and that we would have to give it everything. Q1 and Q2 were fairly straightforward.
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