Valtteri Bottas denied Lewis Hamilton his 100th pole position after beating his team-mate to top spot for Sunday’s Portuguese Grand Prix by just seven thousandths of a second. Sergio Perez finished fourth in the other Red Bull with British driver Lando Norris seventh in his McLaren. Hamilton finished his first run behind his team-mate and ahead of his final attempt he ditched the softest rubber for the medium tyre. “It is a good feeling to be on pole,” said Bottas. The young British driver continues to come of age and he finished just 0.057 sec shy of making it through to Q3.

Source: The Irish Times May 01, 2021 15:33 UTC