Lewis Hamilton had to ‘work really hard’ for F1 Tuscan GP pole
Lewis Hamilton says he had to work “really hard” to claim po🍬le position for Formula 1’s Tuscan Grand Prix at Mugello.
Hamilton trailed his Mercedes𒅌 teammate Bottas throug🐭h all three practice sessions but beat the Finn to pole in the end by just 0.059s in qualifying.
The Briton admitted he had time still to find around parts of the Mugello Circuit 𓂃after ending Friday practice well adrift of his teammate, but he turned things around when it mattered most to score🌌 the 95th pole of his career.
Hamilton has now🍃 taken seven poles in nine races so far ꦓin the 2020 season.
"It has been really close this weekend,” Hamilton said aꦯfter qu▨alifying.
“This is a really challenging circuit and Valtteri was💞 quicker than me all day yesterday and this morning a﷽nd even in Q1.
"I have been working really hard in the background to improve onꦯ my lines and set-up and I finally got the lap 🅰I needed.
"At the end, I think the wind picked up and I wasn't able to go a🍷ny quicker. But I got ❀the job done.
"It's crazy. You go through Turns Si⭕x, Seven, Eight and Nine at 180mph and the G-force is 🐟insane."
Bottas’ hopes of ending Hamilton’s run of dominance in qualifying this year were dashed when Esteban Ocon spun his Renau🅷lt into the gravel and brought out yellow flags.
The caution flags meant Bottas ꦫwas forced to back out in the first sector of his final flying lap in Q3 and was subsequently unable to improve his time.
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That's his th pole this season
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