Hamilton Hits 'sweet' Spot To Claim Inaugural Qatar GP Pole
Zeeshan Mehtab Published November 21, 2021 | 12:29 AM
Lewis Hamilton maintained the momentum from last week's stunning win in Brazil to claim pole for the inaugural Qatar Grand Prix after a "really sweet" qualifying lap on Saturday
Doha, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Nov, 2021 ) :Lewis Hamilton maintained the momentum from last week's stunning win in Brazil to claim pole for the inaugural Qatar Grand Prix after a "really sweet" qualifying lap on Saturday.
Max Verstappen, who leads his Mercedes rival by 14 points with three races to go, will start alongside Hamilton on the front row on Sunday.
But the gap will give all at Red Bull a restless night - almost half a second, a clear sign Hamilton's new engine fitted last weekend has injected fresh life into his quest for an unprecedented eighth world title.
His flying lap time of 1min 20.827 that clinched Qatar's first ever pole position proved way beyond Verstappen, who was 0.455sec slower.
"That last lap was beautiful.
It was a really sweet lap. This track is amazing to drive. Woo, it felt good!" he tweeted.
Hamilton's teammate Valtteri Bottas posted the third quickest time under floodlights at the Losail circuit to fill the second row with Pierre Gasly for Alpha Tauri.
Mercedes were handed an unexpected potential advantage in their titanic title battle with Red Bull after Verstappen's teammate Sergio Perez failed to make it to the Q3 top 10 shootout.
With the Mexican down in the sixth row on Sunday's grid Red Bull's tactics to upset Mercedes rest on a one-man band named Verstappen.
Perez was not wrong when he ventured: "It's going to be a very tricky race."This was Hamilton's 102nd career pole but his first since Hungary almost four months ago.
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