Lewis Hamilton takes pole for Emilia-Romagna GP ahead of Red Bulls
April 17, 2021 20:00 ISTIt was Hamilton’s 99th career pole and although there is a Red Bull directly behind the Mercedes driver, it will be Sergio Perez rather than Max Verstappen.
It was Hamilton’s 99th career pole and although there is a Red Bull directly behind the Mercedes driver, it will be Sergio Perez rather than Max Verstappen.
Mercedes led the two practice sessions on Friday with Valtteri Bottas fastest in both, just ahead of Hamilton as Red Bull endured a tough start to the weekend.
The race was effectively decided when Verstappen overtook Hamilton but went too wide on a turn and was told by his team to give Hamilton the position back, as he risked a time penalty.
The federation said Vettel failed to respect double yellow flags during Q1 in a qualifying session on Saturday when Haas driver Nikita Mazepin had a spin at Turn 1
Verstappen earned his fourth career pole to deny Hamilton his 99th, edging out the world champion by .39 seconds on his final attempt.
The Red Bull driver was .298 seconds ahead of Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas and .503 clear of McLaren's Lando Norris.
Hamilton's decision to pen a one-year contract with Mercedes sparked speculation he may call it quits when the sun sets on the F1 season at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in December.
Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton was among many who paid tribute to Walker.
F1 had said in February that it hoped Portugal could fill the vacant slot on the record 23-race calendar.
The race, which is held on a windy street circuit through the city, was one of several canceled last year because of the pandemic.
The W12 car, presented Tuesday, retains the black introduced last year as part of the team's campaign against racism and discrimination, and adds a touch of its more traditional silver.
Since joining Mercedes for the 2013 season, Hamilton has won six world championship titles — moving him level with Michael Schumacher on a record seven for his career.
Alpha Tauri driver Pierre Gasly on Monday became the sixth Formula One driver to test positive for COVID-19 after the Frenchman took to social media to reveal the news.
With the race in Melbourne moved from March to November, the season will now start in Bahrain on March 28.
Media in Europe reported the Australian Grand Prix was likely to be postponed because of COVID-19 restrictions and staged later in the season.
Hamilton is the first from the sport to receive the knighthood while still being an active F1 driver.
Besides Karthikeyan, the lineup also features Arjun Maini and Naveen Rao and the trio will look to compete in the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans later in the year.
Perez, who will replace Alexander Albon, became Mexico’s first F1 winner in 50 years with his victory this month at the Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain.
Hamilton has won six of his seven F1 titles and 74 of his 92 F1 races with Mercedes.
He finished 16 seconds ahead of Valtteri Bottas and 18.4 clear of world champion Lewis Hamilton as Red Bull enjoyed a rare and significant success over both Mercedes cars.
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