News Details

Hamilton Claims Pole At Rain Soaked Sepang

Lewis Hamilton has matched Jim Clark’s British record of 33 pole positions after seeing off Sebastian Vettel in qualifying at Sepang. Qualifying was delayed by fifty minutes due to typically torrential rain in Kuala Lumpur but the change in conditions didn’t alter Mercedes’ status as the team to beat. After cruising through the two knockout sessions, Hamilton set a 1:59.431 on his very first lap of Q3 which ultimately proved enough for pole as conditions worsened. Vettel produced a heroic effort to go second, just half a tenth back, and the world champion may later rue the decision to back off in the last minute in an attempt to find space, eventually causing him to miss the...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Sepang Qualifying: Hamilton smokes them on the water

Lewis Hamilton will start the Malaysian Grand Prix from pole position...
11y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Hamilton takes pole in wet Malaysia qualifying

Mercedes AMG Petronas Lewis Hamilton claimed pole position during a...
11y ago from F1Zone.net

Hamilton takes pole at soaked Sepang

CLICK HERE for full Qualifying results.Wet session sees Hamilton edge...
11y ago from Crash.net

Hamilton masters rain to grab Sepang pole

– Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton mastered the wet conditions to...
11y ago from GPUpdate.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Long Beach to bring in new leadership for iconic event

Organizers of the annual Grand Prix of Long Beach event have announced...

Pato O’Ward joined by F2 champion in McLaren F1...

McLaren has announced its driver development program lineup for 2026,...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

“This guy is costing you a title” - Fans slam...

Arsenal fans have ripped into Viktor Gyökeres for his performance during...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Nottingham Forest 0-0 Arsenal: Premier League – live...

points were shared on an evening when Arsenal extended their lead at the...
2h ago from TheGuardian.com

Arsenal miss chance to go nine points clear against...

Arsenal missed the chance to open up a nine-point gap on Manchester City...
3h ago from SkySports.com

Player ratings: Nottingham Forest 0-0 Arsenal

Arsenal drew a blank in the Premier League once again with a stalemate...
2h ago from FreshArsenal.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.