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<blockquote data-quote="Swami" data-source="post: 162755" data-attributes="member: 13"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Spanish GP: Bottas beats Hamilton to pole</strong></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">25 minutes ago</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">From the section <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1" target="_blank"><u>Formula 1</u></a></li> </ul><p>Share this with</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://digg.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F48238294&title=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Spanish%20GP%3A%20Bottas%20beats%20Hamilton%20to%20pole&bodytext=&" target="_blank"><u> Digg </u></a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/dialog/feed?app_id=58567469885&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fmodules%2Fshare%2Fclose&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F48238294&picture=&name=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Spanish%20GP%3A%20Bottas%20beats%20Hamilton%20to%20pole&description=&caption=&display=popup&" target="_blank"><u> Facebook </u></a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F48238294&" target="_blank"><u> Google </u></a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F48238294&title=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Spanish%20GP%3A%20Bottas%20beats%20Hamilton%20to%20pole&summary=&" target="_blank"><u> LinkedIn </u></a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.reddit.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F48238294&title=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Spanish%20GP%3A%20Bottas%20beats%20Hamilton%20to%20pole&" target="_blank"><u> Reddit </u></a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F48238294&title=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Spanish%20GP%3A%20Bottas%20beats%20Hamilton%20to%20pole&" target="_blank"><u> StumbleUpon </u></a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Spanish%20GP%3A%20Bottas%20beats%20Hamilton%20to%20pole&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F48238294&=&" target="_blank"><u> Twitter </u></a></li> </ul><p>Copy this link</p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/48238294" target="_blank"><u>http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/48238294</u></a></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/faqs/questions/bbc_online/sharing" target="_blank"><u>Read more about sharing.</u></a></p><p><img src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/480/cpsprodpb/E5ED/production/_106916885_spain.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Valtteri Bottas beat Lewis Hamilton to take his third pole position in a row and lead a Mercedes one-two in qualifying at the Spanish Grand Prix.</p><p></p><p>The Finn was 0.634 seconds ahead of Hamilton, who made a series of errors on his first lap before a slower track meant an improvement was impossible on the next.</p><p></p><p>Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel was third, but his hopes of closing on Mercedes were dashed by a 0.866secs gap to Bottas.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Red Bull's Max Verstappen was fourth ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Bottas reaps a bounty</strong></span></p><p>Bottas, who leads Hamilton in the championship by one point, set a superb one minute 15.406 seconds on his first run in final qualifying, while Hamilton had a mistake-strewn run.</p><p></p><p>He had wheelspin out of the final corner starting the lap, then ran wide out of Turn Seven, bouncing over the kerbs on the exit. And then he ran wide again at Turns 12 and 13.</p><p></p><p>By the time he did his second run, the track was slower, partly because of the gravel that Hamilton himself had deposited on the track in the final sector, and none of the top four improved.</p><p></p><p>Of the drivers in the top three teams, only Leclerc improved on his final lap, but that was because his qualifying session did not run to plan.</p><p></p><p>An error on his first run in second qualifying, running wide out of Turn Nine, meant he had to do a second run to progress into the top 10 shoot-out.</p><p></p><p>That left him short of new tyres, which meant he could only do one run in the final session.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>What's in an F1 driver's seven-day-a-week fitness regime?</p><p>He opted to do two laps, taking it relatively cautiously on the first to set a 'banker' and then going harder on his second, by which time the tyres would have lost their edge, so matching Vettel was never going to be a possibility.</p><p></p><p>The 21-year-old ended up 0.316secs slower than his team-mate and 0.231secs down on Verstappen, who is likely to be a thorn in Ferrari's side in the race, as he has proved so often this year.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>What they said</strong></span></p><p>Bottas said: "Really enjoyed that. Enjoyed the adrenaline rush you get from those laps. It has started well the season. I feel better and better in the car and I am looking forward to tomorrow."</p><p></p><p>Hamilton said: "Valtteri did a fantastic job. He has been quick all weekend. On my side, I just didn't put the laps together. Ultimately, it just wasn't a good enough job."</p><p></p><p>Vettel said: "I just spoke to Valtteri. They were both very happy with the car. For us, a bit more tricky. I got everything out of the car on the first run, the second I had o try something a bit different and it didn't work.</p><p></p><p>"The car doesn't feel bad but obviously we are not quick enough. Overall, in those sorts of corners you just need the grip and I think we might be a bit down on that."</p><p></p><p><strong>More to follow</strong></p><p></p><p><img src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/14FC9/production/_106916958_hi053879390.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Hulkenberg pays for a trip to the gravel trap, by trapping his front wing underneath his car</p><p><img src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/13F57/production/_106915718_hi053877067.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Valtteri Bottas never made it out of the gravel in final practice</p><p><img src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/C419/production/_106910205_ferrarischarlesleclercinthepits_reuters.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Ferrari have an upgraded engine, aerodynamics... and plenty of work to do</p><p><img src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/49DE/production/_106901981_hi053861414.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Pierre Gasly lays down some rubber in his Red Bull</p><p></p><p>Swami</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Swami, post: 162755, member: 13"] [SIZE=6][B]Spanish GP: Bottas beats Hamilton to pole[/B][/SIZE] [LIST] [*]25 minutes ago [*]From the section [URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1'][U]Formula 1[/U][/URL] [/LIST] Share this with [LIST] [*][URL='http://digg.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F48238294&title=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Spanish%20GP%3A%20Bottas%20beats%20Hamilton%20to%20pole&bodytext=&'][U] Digg [/U][/URL] [*][URL='https://www.facebook.com/dialog/feed?app_id=58567469885&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fmodules%2Fshare%2Fclose&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F48238294&picture=&name=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Spanish%20GP%3A%20Bottas%20beats%20Hamilton%20to%20pole&description=&caption=&display=popup&'][U] Facebook [/U][/URL] [*][URL='https://plus.google.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F48238294&'][U] Google [/U][/URL] [*][URL='http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F48238294&title=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Spanish%20GP%3A%20Bottas%20beats%20Hamilton%20to%20pole&summary=&'][U] LinkedIn [/U][/URL] [*][URL='http://www.reddit.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F48238294&title=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Spanish%20GP%3A%20Bottas%20beats%20Hamilton%20to%20pole&'][U] Reddit [/U][/URL] [*][URL='http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F48238294&title=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Spanish%20GP%3A%20Bottas%20beats%20Hamilton%20to%20pole&'][U] StumbleUpon [/U][/URL] [*][URL='http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Spanish%20GP%3A%20Bottas%20beats%20Hamilton%20to%20pole&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F48238294&=&'][U] Twitter [/U][/URL] [/LIST] Copy this link [URL='http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/48238294'][U]http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/48238294[/U][/URL] [URL='http://www.bbc.co.uk/faqs/questions/bbc_online/sharing'][U]Read more about sharing.[/U][/URL] [IMG]https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/480/cpsprodpb/E5ED/production/_106916885_spain.jpg[/IMG] Valtteri Bottas beat Lewis Hamilton to take his third pole position in a row and lead a Mercedes one-two in qualifying at the Spanish Grand Prix. The Finn was 0.634 seconds ahead of Hamilton, who made a series of errors on his first lap before a slower track meant an improvement was impossible on the next. Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel was third, but his hopes of closing on Mercedes were dashed by a 0.866secs gap to Bottas. Red Bull's Max Verstappen was fourth ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc. [SIZE=4][B]Bottas reaps a bounty[/B][/SIZE] Bottas, who leads Hamilton in the championship by one point, set a superb one minute 15.406 seconds on his first run in final qualifying, while Hamilton had a mistake-strewn run. He had wheelspin out of the final corner starting the lap, then ran wide out of Turn Seven, bouncing over the kerbs on the exit. And then he ran wide again at Turns 12 and 13. By the time he did his second run, the track was slower, partly because of the gravel that Hamilton himself had deposited on the track in the final sector, and none of the top four improved. Of the drivers in the top three teams, only Leclerc improved on his final lap, but that was because his qualifying session did not run to plan. An error on his first run in second qualifying, running wide out of Turn Nine, meant he had to do a second run to progress into the top 10 shoot-out. That left him short of new tyres, which meant he could only do one run in the final session. What's in an F1 driver's seven-day-a-week fitness regime? He opted to do two laps, taking it relatively cautiously on the first to set a 'banker' and then going harder on his second, by which time the tyres would have lost their edge, so matching Vettel was never going to be a possibility. The 21-year-old ended up 0.316secs slower than his team-mate and 0.231secs down on Verstappen, who is likely to be a thorn in Ferrari's side in the race, as he has proved so often this year. [SIZE=4][B]What they said[/B][/SIZE] Bottas said: "Really enjoyed that. Enjoyed the adrenaline rush you get from those laps. It has started well the season. I feel better and better in the car and I am looking forward to tomorrow." Hamilton said: "Valtteri did a fantastic job. He has been quick all weekend. On my side, I just didn't put the laps together. Ultimately, it just wasn't a good enough job." Vettel said: "I just spoke to Valtteri. They were both very happy with the car. For us, a bit more tricky. I got everything out of the car on the first run, the second I had o try something a bit different and it didn't work. "The car doesn't feel bad but obviously we are not quick enough. Overall, in those sorts of corners you just need the grip and I think we might be a bit down on that." [B]More to follow[/B] [IMG]https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/14FC9/production/_106916958_hi053879390.jpg[/IMG] Hulkenberg pays for a trip to the gravel trap, by trapping his front wing underneath his car [IMG]https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/13F57/production/_106915718_hi053877067.jpg[/IMG] Valtteri Bottas never made it out of the gravel in final practice [IMG]https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/C419/production/_106910205_ferrarischarlesleclercinthepits_reuters.jpg[/IMG] Ferrari have an upgraded engine, aerodynamics... and plenty of work to do [IMG]https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/49DE/production/_106901981_hi053861414.jpg[/IMG] Pierre Gasly lays down some rubber in his Red Bull Swami [/QUOTE]
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