China News Service, August 9th. On the 8th Beijing time, the World Formula One Championship was held at the Silverstone Circuit in the UK for the second consecutive week. In the qualifying round that ended, Bottas beat his teammate Hamilton to win pole position, replacing Perez, who was infected with the new crown pneumonia, in third place on behalf of the match point.
This year is the 70th anniversary of F1. In order to distinguish it from the previous British Grand Prix, this race is named F1 70th Anniversary Grand Prix.
In the first qualifying session, Red Bull driver Verstappen took the lead to make the fastest lap time of 1:27.154. The two Mercedes drivers followed closely, and Hawkenberg performed well and ranked first. four. In the last 5 minutes of the first quarter, the Meiben duo occupy the top two positions. The drivers from the relegation zone gave a try to advance to the second quarter qualifying. In the end, Kuviat, Magnussen, and Latifigio Venus And Raikkonen was eliminated.
In the second quarter of qualifying, Hamilton debuted with neutral tires. On the first time lap, Hamilton tires locked up. Bottas temporarily ranked first at 1:25.785. Hamilton ranked second and Ricardo ranked third. . The two Ferrari drivers made effective results with 7 minutes left, Leclerc ranked 4th and Vettel ranked 11th.
In the last two minutes of the second quarter of qualifying, Hokenberg rose to second, Red Bull's Gasley came to fourth, Vettel ran the final lap of the soft tyre, but was helplessly ranked 12th and missed the first place. Three quarters qualifying. In addition, O'Connell, Sainz, Grosjean and Russell also stopped the second quarter qualifying.
In the final qualifying session, Hamilton temporarily ranked first at 1 minute 25 seconds 284 on the first time lap, Bottas ranked second behind 0.116, and Ricardo ranked third. After the first lap, the drivers returned to the pit lane to make final adjustments. The 3-minute countdown to the qualifying race was followed by drivers. Hamilton took the lead to make the fastest lap, but then Bottas overtook his teammates in 1 minute 25 seconds 154 to take pole position. Hulkenberg rushed to third place and brought surprises. Verstappen was fourth, with Ricardo, Stoll, Gasley, Leclerc, Alben and Norris ranked 5-10 respectively. (Finish)