Turkish GP: Bottas takes pole regardless of Hamilton setting the tempo with quickest time

Lewis Hamilton certified quickest for the Turkish Grand Prix on Saturday however a 10-place grid penalty for the Formula One championship chief meant Mercedes group mate Valtteri Bottas took pole place. Lewis Hamilton’ completed 0.13 seconds forward of Valtteri Bottas and 0.33 away from Max Verstappen’s Red Bull (Reuters Photo)HIGHLIGHTSLewis Hamilton has a 10-place grid penalty for going over his allocation of three combustion enginesHamilton will begin the Turkish Grand Prix in eleventh place on SundayMercedes’ Valtteri Bottas will probably be on the entrance row with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Ferrari’s Charles LeclercLewis Hamilton set the tempo within the Turkish Grand Prix qualifying on Saturday however his penalty handed the pole place to Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas with title rival Max Verstappen bumping as much as second from third.

The defending champion has a 10-place grid penalty for going over his allocation of three combustion engines for the season and can begin eleventh on Sunday. This means Bottas will probably be on the entrance row with Verstappen and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc simply behind in third.Hamilton’ completed .13 seconds forward of Bottas and .33 away from Verstappen’s Red Bull.“It was a tricky session, there were still some damp patches (on track),” Hamilton mentioned. “It’s not easy for overtaking here so I think it will be difficult tomorrow.”As it began to rain within the afternoon, drivers tried to do fast early laps in Q1 earlier than the monitor bought too moist.Hamilton topped Q1 forward of Verstappen and Bottas, whereas McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo — winner of eight F1 races — was the most important title among the many 5 knocked out of it. Hamilton complained of not getting sufficient warmth into his tires though he had topped Q2 forward his Mercedes teammate and Red Bull rival Verstappen.The Istanbul Park circuit was pretty dry by Q3 and Hamilton took management over the three.3mile circuit (5.3 kms with out an excessive amount of bother. He leads Verstappen by two factors in an exhilarating title race however may effectively be overtaken by the Dutchman. Hamilton trails Verstappen 7-3 for wins 7-4 for poles this season and there are six races to go after Turkey.Earlier, Gasly posted the quickest time in a wet third and ultimate apply. He led from Red Bull driver Sergio Perez and Verstappen. Hamilton was approach down in 18th spot however hardly took half as a result of he was saving tires for qualifying.The ultimate session was halted for a couple of minutes approaching the midway level when Williams driver George Russell went off the monitor and into gravel.Verstappen, Vettel and Leclerc all did 360-degree spins earlier than regaining management of their vehicles.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.