Formula 1: Silverstone starting lineup – Valtteri Bottas takes pole
By Asher Fair
Valtteri Bottas took his second pole position of the 2020 Formula 1 season and his first since the season opener for the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone Circuit.
After winning from the pole position in each of the last three Formula 1 races, Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton was unable to beat teammate Valtteri Bottas for a fourth consecutive pole position, as Bottas took the pole position for the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone Circuit.
Race polesitters have won each of the first four races of the 2020 season. Hamilton led each of the 52 laps around the 18-turn, 3.661-mile (5.892-kilometer) Silverstone Circuit road course in Silverstone, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom last week from the pole.
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Bottas took the pole position for Sunday’s 52-lap race by recording a top lap time of 85.154 seconds (154.774 miles per hour) in the third and final round of qualifying. He is set to start alongside Hamilton in second place.
Driving in place of Racing Point’s Sergio Perez, who is out with COVID-19, Nico Hulkenberg qualified in an impressive third place and is set to start alongside Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in fourth. Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo qualified in fifth and is set to start alongside Racing Point’s Lance Stroll in sixth.
AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, Red Bull’s Alexander Albon and McLaren’s Lando Norris also competed in the third and final round of qualifying, and they finished out the top 10, qualifying in seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th place, respectively.
Eliminated after the second round of qualifying were Renault’s Esteban Ocon, Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, McLaren’s Carlos Sainz Jr., Haas’ Romain Grosjean and Williams’ George Russell. These five drivers qualified in 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th place, respectively. Russell is now 26 for 26 in in terms of outqualifying his teammates throughout his career.
Eliminated after the first round of qualifying were AlphaTauri’s Daniil Kvyat, Haas’ Kevin Magnussen, Williams rookie Nicholas Latifi and Alfa Romeo teammates Antonio Giovinazzi and Kimi Raikkonen. These five drivers qualified in 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th place, respectively.
Here is the full starting lineup for the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix.
Starting Lineup
1st – Valtteri Bottas
2nd – Lewis Hamilton
3rd – Nico Hulkenberg
4th – Max Verstappen
5th – Daniel Ricciardo
6th – Lance Stroll
7th – Pierre Gasly
8th – Charles Leclerc
9th – Alexander Albon
10th – Lando Norris
11th – Esteban Ocon
12th – Sebastian Vettel
13th – Carlos Sainz Jr.
14th – Romain Grosjean
15th – George Russell
16th – Daniil Kvyat
17th – Kevin Magnussen
18th – Nicholas Latifi
19th – Antonio Giovinazzi
20th – Kimi Raikkonen
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Tune in to ESPN at 9:10 a.m. ET tomorrow morning for the live broadcast of the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix from Silverstone Circuit.