Formula 1: Portimao starting lineup – Lewis Hamilton takes pole
By Asher Fair
Lewis Hamilton took the pole position for the 12th race of the 2020 Formula 1 season, the Portuguese Grand Prix at Algarve International Circuit.
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton, who has a chance to break the all-time record of 91 career Formula 1 victories, which he currently shares with Michael Schumacher, this weekend, took the pole position for the Portuguese Grand Prix at Algarve International Circuit, marking the 97th pole position of his career.
Hamilton took the pole position for this 66-lap race around the 15-turn, 2.91-mile (4.683-kilometer) road course in Portimao, Algarve, Portugal by recording a top lap time of 76.652 seconds (136.670 miles per hour) in the third and final round of qualifying for this race.
This pole position is the 13th consecutive pole position for Mercedes going back to the end of the 2019 season. With Valtteri Bottas having qualified alongside Hamilton on the front row in second place, the Silver Arrows have now locked out the front row in nine of the last 10 races.
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen qualified in third place, giving the trio of Hamilton, Bottas and Verstappen yet another top three sweep, as has become expected in 2020. Set to start alongside Verstappen on the second row is Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in fourth.
Set to share the third row are Racing Point’s Sergio Perez in fifth place and Red Bull’s Alexander Albon in sixth, and set to share the fourth row are McLaren teammates Carlos Sainz Jr. and Lando Norris in seventh and eighth, respectively. Set to share the fifth row are AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly in ninth and Daniel Ricciardo in 10th.
Eliminated after the second round of qualifying were Renault’s Esteban Ocon, Racing Point’s Lance Stroll, AlphaTauri’s Daniil Kvyat, Williams’ George Russell and Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel. They qualified in 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th place, respectively. Russell is now 33 for 33 in terms of outqualifying his teammates throughout his Formula 1 career.
Eliminated after the first round of qualifying were Alfa Romeo teammates Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi, Haas teammates Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen and Williams rookie Nicholas Latifi. They qualified in 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th place, respectively.
Here is the full starting lineup for the 2020 Portuguese Grand Prix at Algarve International Circuit.
Starting Lineup
1st – Lewis Hamilton
2nd – Valtteri Bottas
3rd – Max Verstappen
4th – Charles Leclerc
5th – Sergio Perez
6th – Alexander Albon
7th – Carlos Sainz Jr.
8th – Lando Norris
9th – Pierre Gasly
10th – Daniel Ricciardo
11th – Esteban Ocon
12th – Lance Stroll
13th – Daniil Kvyat
14th – George Russell
15th – Sebastian Vettel
16th – Kimi Raikkonen
17th – Antonio Giovinazzi
18th – Romain Grosjean
19th – Kevin Magnussen
20th – Nicholas Latifi
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ESPN is set to broadcast the 2020 Portuguese Grand Prix live from at Algarve International Circuit tomorrow morning beginning at 9:10 a.m. ET.