“He’s the best team mate this sport has ever seen”– Lewis Hamilton praises Valtteri Bottas as the two drivers locked the front row at Saudi Arabian GP

Samriddhi Jaiswal | 05/12/2021
"He's the best team mate this sport has ever seen"– Lewis Hamilton praises Valtteri Bottas as the two drivers locked the front row at Saudi Arabian GP

Lewis Hamilton has taken pole position in the qualifying race at the Saudi Arabian GP after a stunning lap in the Q3.

Midway through Q3 at the Saudi Arabian GP, Max Verstappen had already set the fast time for the weekend. Though, he could not defend it for long as Lewis Hamilton came storming in with a stunning lap and overcame Verstappen’s record.

Mercedes’ Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas soon followed his British teammate by being only a tenth slower than him and thus upping the drama. After the race, Hamilton praised his teammate and said, “he’s[Bottas] the best teammate the sport has ever seen.

Both the Mercedes drivers grouping together proved to be the crucial moment of qualifying for Red Bull’s Max Verstappen as the championship reached its climax.

The Dutchman went the quickest overall through the first two sectors and was two tenths ahead entering the third sector when he made a small error in the final corner. Attempting to power out of the turn, Verstappen hit the wall on the exit of the corner.

The damage knocked the right front of his car askew and Verstappen was left frustrated as he came to a halt. With this, the Dutchman could only grab the third position while the Mercedes locked out the front row.

Lewis Hamilton calls Jeddah Circuit incredibly complex

Even though the seven-time world champion locked out the front row with his teammate, he was stunned by the Jeddah Corniche Circuit.

He called it a tough, incredibly complex and technical track. However, he praised his team for the bounceback from final practice after securing a dramatic pole position in Saudi Arabia.

Furthermore, Hamilton was also stunned by Red Bull’s pace on the track and stated that he was glad to have managed the pole position. Moreover, he anticipates it to be a close battle with the Red Bulls.

Also Read: 1997 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve answers all things Lewis Hamilton vs Max Verstappen

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Samriddhi Jaiswal

Samriddhi Jaiswal is an F1 editor and writer at The SportsRush. She started her career as a business journalist but soon found her calling in lights out here we go! Samriddhi has been a Ferrari fan even when her interaction with F1 was occasional. Her first real experience with the thrilling sport came when Charles Leclerc clinched his iconic victory in Spa and Monza and painted the track red. Now, a Tifosi, Samriddhi is a hardcore fan of the prancing horse and can relate to the chaos within the Italian camp and also admires Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher. Off the track, she finds her home in books and musical instruments.

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