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In the end, the wet weather stayed away, and Hamilton did what he always seems to do, pulling a lap out of nowhere to claim his 10th pole of the season when it was Ferrari and Sebastian Vettel who seemed to hold the advantage.
Vettel provisionally qualified second, just 0.093 seconds adrift of Hamilton, but is facing a grid penalty for Sunday’s race after he bizarrely lost his cool when he was called to the weighbridge in his Ferrari. Keen to get back on track in the fight for pole, Vettel angrily gesticulated with the officials before he drove off at speed and broke the scales.
“They shouldn’t call us when the conditions are changing like that,” Vettel said. “It’s unfair and I wanted them to hurry up.”
The German’s impending punishment could pave the way for Valtteri Bottas to be promoted a place, and an all-Mercedes front row, as the Silver Arrows bid to become only the second team in history to win five consecutive constructors’ championships.
Ferrari must outscore them by 13 points on Sunday to take the team fight on to the final race in Abu Dhabi. Vettel’s team-mate Kimi Raikkonen qualified fourth.
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