Game, set, match to Hamilton. I expect Seb to further overcook things in the first corner come race day and Hamilton+Mercedes cruise to another championship. Someone sack Seb already please...
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I do hate Elton, but he is without a doubt, the finest driver in the grid. Lesser car, but still won like a true fighter. Meanwhile Vettel screws himself again.
Watching with my son and we were both struck dumb by that 1:16.08. Gotta say I haven't seen such an amazing quali lap since the days of Ayrton Senna.
6 tenths down on a track where pole position was fully expected is a tough one to get over. Once again Mercedes out engineers. Lets see about race pace tomorrow but I do agree it's looking extremely bleak right now.
What did Vettel do? I don’t think anyone saw the Hamilton lap coming. You could see on Horner’s face that he thought pole was his (and they were saying so before the GP weekend). Was it a case of Ferrari doing something wrong or did Ham drive one of the best laps of his career?
I’ve been watching this game since the mid-80ies. This is one of the most amazing laps I ever saw. ...and I am no Hamilton fan.
How aggressive will Max be at the start? That's the only potential I can see for a Ferrari win, you know, another first corner schlamozole.
When you have a 1:36.0 (.66 secs faster) you have to really drive on the limit. Hats off to Max for being .31 secs to that lap but NOBODY improved their previous lap because fhey need to push so hard to find over half a second. Even Ham made mistakes on the second run.
Well, I was venting on my comment. Vettel has been committing mistakes during the most important moments, two years in a row! Looking for a crash tomorrow between HAM and VET and a nice fight between Max and Kimi!