Valtteri Bottas outshines Lewis Hamilton to claim Spanish GP pole
• Sebastian Vettel third but Ferrari found wanting again
Valtteri Bottas emphatically laid waste the optimism Ferrari had brought to the Spanish Grand Prix with a pole position that left the Scuderia floundering in his wake. The Finnish driver’s commanding performance also meant his Mercedes teammate, Lewis Hamilton, who was second, had questions to answer of his own and the defending champion admitted he had to improve if he is to face the challenge Bottas is mounting for the world title.
After a lacklustre 2018, with which he was very disappointed, the Finn is a driver seemingly reborn this season. He leads Hamilton by one point in the championship and this is his third pole in a row. With a time of 1min 15.406sec, he was six-tenths clear of Hamilton and eight-tenths in front of Sebastian Vettel’s Ferrari in third.
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