Hamilton's Special Lap To Claim Pole For Australian F1 GP
Muhammad Rameez Published March 24, 2018 | 01:55 PM
Ercedes world champion Lewis Hamilton produced a sizzling final lap to grab pole position for the season-opening Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne on Saturday.
Melbourne, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 24th Mar, 2018 ) :Mercedes world champion Lewis Hamilton produced a sizzling final lap to grab pole position for the season-opening Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne on Saturday.
The four-time world champion knocked out his rivals with a blistering time of one minute 21.164 seconds to claim his 73rd career pole. The Ferrari duo Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel finished second and third with Red Bull's Max Verstappen in fourth.
Hamilton delivered a special flying lap to put a stunning 0.664sec gap on Raikkonen and clinch the pole for Sunday's opening race of the season. His blistering pace shows he will be the one to beat and helped offset a spectacular crash of his Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas early in the final shootout.
"I'm so happy with that lap. It was such a nice lap," Hamilton said.
"I'm always striving for perfection and that was as close as I could get. "What was surprising was to see how quick the Ferraris were.
"During that lap I was in the same modes as before but it was hooking up the tyres and getting the lap together." Raikkonen, who will also start off the front row in Sunday's race, conceded that the gap with Hamilton was significant.
"It was a pretty decent job. Obviously the lap time difference is quite big," the Finn said. "It wasn't a straight-forward session with the rain this morning. "We have to be pretty happy with where we are starting, but there is an awful lot of work to be done to improve things." Vettel added: "Shame that Lewis had quite a big gap at the end but I guess his lap was pretty good.
"Looking forward to tomorrow, I think we improved the car and we'll see what happens tomorrow.
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