Lewis Hamilton left it late to claim the 97th pole position of his Formula 1 career, pipping Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas with a late effort in qualifying for the Portuguese Grand Prix. Check out the Crash F1 YouTube channel - CLICK HERE In an unusual climax to Q3, both Mercedes drivers opted to run on Medium tyres rather than the theoretically-faster Softs, with Hamilton managing to turn the tables on Bottas, who had topped every session at Portimao heading into the pole shootout. Bottas had sat on provisional pole during the first Soft runs in Q3, before the Mercedes duo switched onto Mediums for the final flying efforts. Hamilton initially set the pace on Mediums, before Bottas hit...
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