MONTMELÓ (Spain): Championship leader Valtteri Bottas grabbed pole position for Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix when he outpaced his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in a tightly-contested qualifying session.
The Finn, who leads the protecting five-time champion via a single point in this year's identify race, completed a hat-trick of successive poles this year after taking the high grid position in both China and Azerbaijan.
Bottas clocked a surprising monitor record lap of 1min 15.406sec to finish six-tenths transparent of his British teammate.
With Hamilton 2nd, it gave Mercedes some other front row lock-out and advised this year's identify race would possibly turn into a duel between the 2 Silver Arrows drivers.
Four-time champion Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari was 3rd forward of Max Verstappen of Red Bull, Charles Leclerc in the second Ferrari and Pierre Gasly in the second Red Bull.
Romain Grosjean was 7th forward of his Haas teammate Kevin Magnussen, Russian Daniil Kvyat of Toro Rosso and Daniel Ricciardo in his Renault.
"I really enjoyed that," mentioned Bottas. "The adrenaline rush you get from laps like this is great so I'm really pleased.
"The season has began well, the best way I was hoping for, and I believe higher within the automotive."
Hamilton congratulated Bottas and conceded that he were not able to extract the utmost from his automotive on a circuit where he was hoping to land his own hat-trick of three instantly Spanish poles.
Vettel was also upset as Ferrari did not ship the tempo that could convey an finish to Mercedes domination.
"The automotive doesn't really feel too bad, however obviously we don't seem to be quick sufficient," he mentioned.
The Finn, who leads the protecting five-time champion via a single point in this year's identify race, completed a hat-trick of successive poles this year after taking the high grid position in both China and Azerbaijan.
Bottas clocked a surprising monitor record lap of 1min 15.406sec to finish six-tenths transparent of his British teammate.
With Hamilton 2nd, it gave Mercedes some other front row lock-out and advised this year's identify race would possibly turn into a duel between the 2 Silver Arrows drivers.
Four-time champion Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari was 3rd forward of Max Verstappen of Red Bull, Charles Leclerc in the second Ferrari and Pierre Gasly in the second Red Bull.
Romain Grosjean was 7th forward of his Haas teammate Kevin Magnussen, Russian Daniil Kvyat of Toro Rosso and Daniel Ricciardo in his Renault.
"I really enjoyed that," mentioned Bottas. "The adrenaline rush you get from laps like this is great so I'm really pleased.
"The season has began well, the best way I was hoping for, and I believe higher within the automotive."
Hamilton congratulated Bottas and conceded that he were not able to extract the utmost from his automotive on a circuit where he was hoping to land his own hat-trick of three instantly Spanish poles.
Vettel was also upset as Ferrari did not ship the tempo that could convey an finish to Mercedes domination.
"The automotive doesn't really feel too bad, however obviously we don't seem to be quick sufficient," he mentioned.
F1: Bottas edges Hamilton to complete pole hat-trick in Mercedes lockout
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