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Correspondence from Great Britain
– Filing this tour … was the hardest part of my career. I gave it everything, absolutely everything – Lewis Hamilton said, and this time it was not typical for him to ride the story of his own success. All indications are that Ferrari cars were faster, but the Mercedes leader took pole position thanks to phenomenal driving.
Sebastian Vettel was faster after the first round of rides, but in the last attempt Hamilton improved his time and came to the front. Vettel was not successful. – I've spent almost two identical rounds, but by the second I've lost a little on straight lines, I do not know why – said Vettel. – However, the second field is a good position and we are confident about our race pace. Friday's preparations went very well – added the German driver.
Interestingly, the Ferrari leader had to finish his participation in the Saturday training because of neck pain. – I missed a lot, and I would not go into qualifying, but it was good. I had no problem – he was the world champion four times, but his body language contradicted these statements. The pain in the neck was visible, like the block, the game, wanting to watch Hamilton, sitting to the left, Vettel moved cautiously and with all his body, instead of just the head. – Tomorrow, the pace will be lower because it is a race and there will be more fuel in the cars, so the load will not be so important – the German driver has calmed down.
Also third Kimi Raikkonen admitted that today he could get pole position. – Our car had everything to do it, but unfortunately it did not do this trick. I'm not happy – admitted the Finnish driver who has doubled the second Mercedes driver. Valtteri Bottas was fourth.
In the third row, traditionally two Red Bulls will be placed. Max Verstappen was faster than Daniel Ricciardo, who drove the DRS system in the car, which is very expensive on such a fast track. The best drivers were the drivers of the Haas team: the seventh Kevin Magnussen before the eighth Romain Grosjean.
The young Ferrari, who in his Sauber went to the last session and won the ninth grid again, did a great job again. Behind the scenes of Formula 1, there is no doubt that he will replace Raikkonen in the second Ferrari next year. On the gray end, however, Williams driver.
It is true that Brendon Hartley was ranked in the last position, but the New Zealander did not even go on the track. The mechanics bent his Toro Rosso, after a massive training accident, when the front suspension broke during braking in the Hartley machine. The penultimate was Lance Stroll, who did not take time as he was off track in the second lap, losing control under braking.
Sergeant Sirotkin was the slowest driver among those who set the measurement time. Williams' debutant also missed the referees, ignoring the red flag (he did not go into boxing), so it's possible he's returned to the stakes for the penalty.
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