Vettel earns pole for F1 German GP
Saturday - July 21, 2018 9:56 pm ,
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Vettel earns pole for F1 German GP
Hockenheim (Germany) July 21 (IANS) Ferrari s Sebastian Vettel of Germany earned pole position on Saturday for the Formula One German Grand Prix.
Vettel currently first in the 2018 driver standings set a new lap record at the Hockenheimring circuit with a time of one minute 11.212 seconds reports Efe.
This was Vettel s 55th career pole position and gives him a strong opportunity to increase his eight-point advantage in the driver standings over his main rival defending champion Lewis Hamilton of Britain (Mercedes).
Hamilton will start Sunday s race from the 14th spot after being forced to quit the first qualifying session due to a suspected hydraulic problem.
Vettel a four-time world champion will be joined in the first row by Valtteri Bottas of Finland (Mercedes).
Ferrari s other driver Kimi Raikkonen of Finland placed third and is to start from the second row beside Dutch driver Max Verstappen (Red Bull) who finished fourth.
Spain s Fernando Alonso (McLaren) a two-time world champion was eliminated from the second qualifying round and will start the race from the 11th spot.
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Vettel currently first in the 2018 driver standings set a new lap record at the Hockenheimring circuit with a time of one minute 11.212 seconds reports Efe.
This was Vettel s 55th career pole position and gives him a strong opportunity to increase his eight-point advantage in the driver standings over his main rival defending champion Lewis Hamilton of Britain (Mercedes).
Hamilton will start Sunday s race from the 14th spot after being forced to quit the first qualifying session due to a suspected hydraulic problem.
Vettel a four-time world champion will be joined in the first row by Valtteri Bottas of Finland (Mercedes).
Ferrari s other driver Kimi Raikkonen of Finland placed third and is to start from the second row beside Dutch driver Max Verstappen (Red Bull) who finished fourth.
Spain s Fernando Alonso (McLaren) a two-time world champion was eliminated from the second qualifying round and will start the race from the 11th spot.
--IANS pur/vm
