Two Mercedes racers topped the 2020 Eiffel GP F1 Qualification
Mercedes racer Valtteri Bottas , won the pole position in the 2020 Formula 1 GP Eifel qualifying session . Valtteri Bottas won the pole position after becoming the owner of the fastest time in the F1 GP Eifel qualifier at Nuerburgring, Germany, Saturday (10/10/2020). Appearing perfectly after scoring the best time in each sector, Bottas secured the leading starting position with a score of 1 minute 25.269 seconds. Bottas was 0.2 seconds ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton in second and Max Verstappen ( Red Bull Racing ) in third.
Lewis Hamilton opened the competition in the 1st qualifying session with a lap time of 1 minute 26.703 seconds. Not long after, Max Verstappen beat Hamilton's record time to top the qualifying session 1 with a notch of 1 minute 26.319 seconds. Meanwhile, the replacement driver from the Racing Point team, Nico Hulkenberg, had to be willing to be in a distended position in the Eifel GP qualifying session . Coming down in the final hours leading up to the qualifying session, Hulkenberg struggled to find competitive lap times.
Towards the second qualifier, the competition between Verstappen and Hamilton is still ongoing. However, this time Hamilton was superior. Hamilton topped the second qualifying session with a score of 1 minute 25.390 seconds. Hamilton was 0.077 seconds ahead of Verstappen. Meanwhile, there was an act of killing each other for the Ferrari team as Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc scrambled for a place in the third qualifier. Vettel created the momentum first when he finished 10th, the last position to qualify for the final session.
However, Vettel's happiness did not last long. Leclerc nudged into the top 10, fifth to be precise, to knock Vettel back into the elimination zone. Continuing to the third qualifier, Verstappen still showed fierce resistance against the Mercedes duo who always took pole position this season. Verstappen beat Valtteri Bottas (+0.068) and Lewis Hamilton (+0.081) at the start of the third qualifying session with a score of 1 minute 25.744 seconds. Hamilton responded on the second run. He managed to shift Verstappen's position with a record time of 1 minute 25.525 seconds. Bottas doesn't want to lose. Scoring the fastest time in all three sectors, the Finn secured the pole position with a score of 1 minute 25.269 seconds. Verstappen bit his finger. Losing grip in the last sector, Verstappen had to settle for being in third position, 0.2 seconds adrift of Bottas. Charles Leclerc showed an impressive performance after finishing fourth, right in the middle of the two Red Bull Racing riders.
Qualifying Results F1 GP Eifel 2020
- Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes)
- Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
- Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing)
- Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
- Alexander Albon (Red Bull Racing)
- Daniel Ricciardo (Renault)
- Esteban Ocon (Renault)
- Lando Norris (McLaren)
- Sergio Perez (Racing Point)
- Carlos Sainz (McLaren)
- Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari)
- Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri)
- Danill Kvyat (AlphaTauri)
- Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo)
- Kevin Magnussen (Haas)
- Romain Grosjean (Haas)
- George Russel (Williams)
- Nicolas Latifi (Williams)
- Kimi Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo)
- Nico Hulkenberg (Racing Point)