Vettel took pole in the GP of Germany

The driver of the Ferrari team will start from the first place of the race on Sunday. Vlatteri Botas will start second and Kimi Raikkonen third

With a time of 1: 11.212, a new record at Hockenheim, Sebastian Vettel will start Sunday's race from first place on the grid.

His "pole" He is in an ideal position to extend his advantage against the World Cup, as his great rival for the title, the Briton Lewis Hamilton, will start from 14th place.

A "hydraulic system failure in curve 1" and the resulting loss He stopped English in Q1, in which he had signed the fifth fastest time.

He was unable to take the track in the second qualifying round, which compromises his position at the world championship. The disadvantage of Hamilton over Vettel is eight points. This will force him to come back in strength to try to minimize the damage, in case 'Seb' maintains this rhythm

"From the Q1, I felt that I could do it," acknowledged the German pilot. "I had this little something in me and I was able to squeeze it to the maximum in the last lap," he said in front of hundreds of flags of Germany and Ferrari

with a sublime last lap and a time of 1: 11.212 to Valtteri Bottas, who acknowledged the superiority of "post man". "Maybe I could have improved my lap times by a few hundredths, but the truth is that I was fast and I gave everything I had, we will have to wait until we get to #################################################################################### Until tomorrow, "he said.

Kimi Raikkonen will start from third place. After him, the Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bell) and the Haas of the Dane Kevin Magnussen and the Frenchman Romain Grosjean.

Germany's Nico Hülkenberg and Spain's Carlos Sainz (Renault) shared the seventh and eighth positions, with Monaco's Charles Leclerc (Sauber) and Sergio Perez (Force India) in the top spot 10.

The Spanish Fernando Alonso (McLaren) will start eleventh.