Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport to start the Italian Grand Prix from the second row
Driver | Chassis No. | FP3 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | |||
Lewis Hamilton | F1 W09 EQ Power+/05 | P2 | 7 Laps | P3 | 6 Laps | P2 | 7 Laps | P3 |
1:20.810 | SuperSoft | 1:19.798 | SuperSoft, SuperSoft | 1:19.294 | SuperSoft, SuperSoft | |||
Valtteri Bottas | F1 W09 EQ Power+/06 | P4 | 6 Laps | P5 | 7 Laps | P5 | 6 Laps | P4 |
1:21.381 | SuperSoft | 1:20.427 | SuperSoft, SuperSoft | 1:19.656 | SuperSoft, SuperSoft |
Lewis Hamilton
That was an exciting qualifying session! We’ve improved the car overnight and I’m really happy with where we were today. I’m really proud of my guys for pushing this hard – we’ve squeezed absolutely everything out of the car today. Going into the second run of Q3, I kind of knew that the Ferraris might just be able to pull out some extra bit of time, but I think second place might have been possible today. I lost maybe half a tenth in the last corner and that’s the difference between third and second. We’ve got to fight hard tomorrow. The long run pace of the Ferraris looked quicker than ours, so it’s not going to be easy, that’s for sure.
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