China News Service, November 1st. F1 Imola, Portugal qualifying ended on the evening of October 31, Beijing time. Bottas made the fastest lap time of 1:13.609 at the last moment and won the 15th career. In F1 pole position, Hamilton ranked second by less than 0.1 seconds, and Verstappen was third.

  After the qualifying started, Hamilton made the fastest lap of 1:15.144 and got to the first place, while teammate Bottas encountered traffic conditions on his first timed lap and his results were not ideal.

Subsequently, Leclerc and Verstappen refreshed the fastest in the game.

  At the end of Q1, Bottas made a score of 1:14.221, ranking first, Hamilton second, and Verstappen third; Grosjean, Magnussen, Raikkonen, Latifie, Giovi Naz was eliminated.

Raikkonen originally made his personal fastest lap at the last minute enough to enter Q2, but unfortunately the result was cancelled.

  In the second quarter of qualifying, the drivers of Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari all chose yellow neutral tires for the first time lap of Q2.

When the watch stopped, Bottas, Hamilton, and Gasley ranked the top three; Perez, O'Connell, Russell, Vettel and Stoll were eliminated.

  Q3 is the final battle for all drivers, and the pole position battle is about to start.

Hamilton made the fastest lap of 1:13.781, ranking first, Bottas second, only 0.031 seconds slower, Verstappen third, but already 0.7 seconds slower than Hamilton.

The slow-motion playback showed that Hamilton made a small error during the first speeding lap and rushed off the track slightly.

  Red Bull Racing's Alben Speeding Circle's results were cancelled and temporarily ranked tenth.

In the last 3 minutes, the drivers drove onto the track again for the final sprint lap.

Both the Mercedes team set their fastest laps, but this time Bottas was even better.

Final result of qualifying.

  In the end, Bottas made the fastest lap time of 1:13.609 and won pole position.

Hamilton is second, less than 0.1 seconds behind, Verstappen is third, Gasley is fourth, tied with F1 career best starting position, Ricardo fifth; sixth to tenth respectively: Alben, Leclerc, Kvyat, Norris, Sainz.

  After the race, Bottas also said: "This track is very beautiful. I am very happy to take the pole position here. I shivered after the match. I knew I had to take risks on the last lap, and the car finally responded. I, it’s a great start from this position tomorrow, and I’m looking forward to it.” The race of this station will be held in the evening on the 1st.

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