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Bottas scores Nürburgring pole, Hulkenberg makes last minute sub

by Zane Shackleton
October 11, 2020
in Formula 1, International, News
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Valtteri Bottas has spoiled his teammate’s party late in Q3 to nab pole position for the Eifel Grand Prix at the Nürburgring.

Unable to match the pace of six-time world champion Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull driver Max Verstappen through the opening two segments of qualifying, a monstrous final lap effort by the Finn placed him nearly three-tenths clear of the field.

He shuffled Hamilton down to second while Verstappen could only manage the third quickest time, three-hundredths adrift of the Brit.

However, talk of the day was of Nico Hulkenberg who replaces the unwell Lance Stroll this weekend.

Stroll skipped final practice after reporting he didn’t feel 100%. He was then evaluated after the session before being deemed unfit to participate in the rest of the weekend.

Drafted into the team just an hour before qualifying, Hulkenberg put in a blind performance to qualify a thankless 20th position.

It was Hulkenberg’s first time back in the car since the British Grand Prix where he substituted for an ill Sergio Perez. With zero practice time under his belt, the German set four unaspiring laps to end up one second behind his teammate, but an appreciative performance on such short notice.

Going straight into qualifying having not been in the car since he stood in for Sergio Perez at Silverstone two months ago, Hulkenberg was slowest in Q1.

Charles Leclerc will start fourth in tomorrow’s race at the consequence of his stablemate Sebastian Vettel.

Vettel is the last winner at the Nürburgring and needed a big run on his final Q2 lap to solidify a spot in the shootout. The four-time world champion briefly put himself tenth before Leclerc crossed the line to go fifth quickest, demoting Vettel in the process. 

Alex Albon was four-tenths slower than Verstappen in the sister Red Bull and will start fifth. Behind, Daniel Ricciardo fronted a Renault 6-7.

Both McLarens made it through to Q3 with Lando Norris ahead of Carlos Sainz. Perez in the Racing Point sandwiched them.

Both AlphaTauri’s will start behind Vettel outside the top-10. At the same time, Antonio Giovinazzi put in his most complete performance of the season to break out of Q1 for the first time all year. He went on to post the 14th best time.

It was a more disappointing affair for teammate Kimi Raikkonen, however. On the eve of becoming the most experienced Grand Prix driver in history, Raikkonen could only manage the second slowest time and start from the final row alongside Hulkenberg.

PosDriverGap
1Valtteri Bottas1m25.269s
2Lewis Hamilton0.256s
3Max Verstappen0.293s
4Charles Leclerc0.766s
5Alexander Albon0.778s
6Daniel Ricciardo0.954s
7Esteban Ocon0.973s
8Lando Norris1.189s
9Sergio Perez1.435s
10Carlos Sainz Jr.1.440s
11Sebastian Vettel1.469s
12Pierre Gasly1.507s
13Daniil Kvyat1.579s
14Antonio Giovinazzi1.667s
15Kevin Magnussen1.856s
16Romain Grosjean2.283s
17George Russell2.295s
18Nicholas Latifi2.543s
19Kimi Raikkonen2.548s
20Nico Hulkenberg2.752s

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