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july 22, 2018 - Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport
Formula 1 - 2018 German Grand Prix - Saturday
Mixed feelings after a tough Saturday for Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport
- Valtteri set the second fastest time in Qualifying and will start from P2 on the grid
- Lewis had to stop the car in Q1 owing to a loss of hydraulic pressure from failed power steering
- Valtteri will start tomorrow’s Grand Prix on the UltraSoft tyre
Driver | Chassis No. | FP3 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | |||
Valtteri Bottas | F1 W09 EQ Power+/04 | No time | 8 Laps | P3 | 3 Laps | P1 | 7 Laps | P2 |
1:12.962 | UltraSoft | 1:12.152 | UltraSoft | 1:11.416 | UltraSoft, UltraSoft | |||
Lewis Hamilton | F1 W09 EQ Power+/01 | No time | 8 Laps | P5 | No time | No time | ||
1:13.012 | UltraSoft | |||||||
Valtteri Bottas
It felt like a good lap, especially in the last sector, but I don’t think pole was up for grabs for us today – Ferrari was just a bit quicker. It is going to be very close between us and them tomorrow; the race start and the strategy will decide the outcome. We’ve been working on our starts and made good progress, but the Ferraris have been producing really good starts this season, so we’l l find out if we have closed the gap. It was a shame that Lewis missed most of Qualifying. He will try and get as far up as possible, we’ve seen in the previous races that he’s capable of that.
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