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Valtteri Bottas shone in his first pole position of the season Saturday ahead of his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton in a qualifying session for Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix.
The Finn signed a record lap in one minute and 3.130 seconds Hamilton was 0.019 seconds behind the third lockout of the season's first line.
He repeated, for Bottas, his success last year when he landed pole position on the picturesque Red Bull Ring track and won and the fifth pole of his career.
Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari is ranked third with a quick late lap to bring his team-mate Kimi Raikkonen back to fourth place.
Max Verstappen finished fifth for Red Bull ahead of Romain Grosjean de Haas, Daniel Ricciardo in second Red Bull and Kevin Magnussen in the second Haas Ferrari.
Carlos Sainz, who claimed to have been blocked by Vettel in Q2, was ninth ahead of Renault teammate Nico Hulkenberg.
"I just needed a good start," Bottas said. , no need to be a hero in the first corner and then I can go. I can guarantee that I'm more hungry to win than anyone now, so I'm ready for that.
"The car was so good, I knew that there was a tenth to improve for the last race and I managed to find it and apparently needed it!" [19659002Hedidit-asHamiltonpushedittothelimit
"Not bad," said Hamilton. "I'm happy, Valtteri made an incredible run with the first run and I made a small mistake – I'm happy with the second run and it's a good result for the team."
Vettel said: "It was not easy to put together and I had an error on the first lap.I knew I had to do a banker trick to secure and qualify myself in a position correct – and I think we have a good luck in the race. "
An almost perfect summer afternoon in the Styrian Alps, the air temperature was 24 degrees and the runway 34 degrees Celsius began with warnings announcing a 40% chance of rain.
Stewards
After being overtaken by Vettel by 0.029 seconds in the last free morning session, Hamilton was eager to resume the initiative on a circuit where Mercedes dominated, winning all four races since his return to the calendar.
Leading, he beat his teammate Bottas, who won the race last year, Raikkonen and Grosjean with Vettel's content to be fifth behind Verstappen.
Stoffel Vandoorne, Sergio Perez, Sergei Sirotkin, Brendon Hartley and Marcus Ericsson
Bottas and Hamilton immediately made record second-half goals to lead Vettel to nearly two-tenths of their first run.
They all chose ultra-soft for their second runs, Vettel improving his climb, but Mercedes does not bother the scorer in second and third place, Esteban Ocon, Pierre Gasly, Charles Leclerc, who will be penalized with the penalty. a new gearbox in his Sauber, Fernando Alonso and Stroll missed the shooting session in the top 10.
As Ricciardo led the way in Q3, Vettel was reported to the commissaires for an incident in Q2 in which Sainz claimed that the German had upset him.
On the track, Bottas took advantage of the delicate first rounds of Hamilton and Vettel to go faster before the last drama.
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