News Details

Hamilton wanted to ‘wipe smile' off Vettel's face

Lewis Hamilton joked that he wanted to 'wipe the smile' off Sebastian Vettel's face after a dominant display in qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix. Hamilton finished a mighty six tenths clear of Kimi Raikkonen and Vettel with a stunning time of 1:21.164 – a record seventh career pole in Australia and an all-time track record to boot. The Brit improved by almost a second between his penultimate hot lap and his final all-conquering attempt and claimed that he was in the same engine mode for both laps. “What were you doing then?!' enquired a perplexed Vettel in the drivers' press conference. Hamilton simply replied with a smile, saying: 'I was waiting to put a good lap...
Full Story »
7y ago from PlanetF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Follow Australian Grand Prix Qualifying Live

now viewing Follow Australian Grand Prix Qualifying Live Mar 24, 2018...
7y ago from F1Hub.net

Hamilton leaves Ferrari behind to take Australian pole

Lewis Hamilton has continued where he left off with an impressive run to...
7y ago from F1Technical.net

Lewis Hamilton on pole in Australian GP

Lewis Hamilton pulled out a spectacular last-ditch lap to take a stunning...
7y ago from BBC.co.uk

Hamilton on pole for Australian Grand Prix

Photo by: www.kymillman.com/f1 A wet morning for Free Practice 3 turned...
7y ago from TheParcFerme.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Motorsport Week's Top 10 MotoGP riders of 2025

The 2025 MotoGP season had it all. With 22 rounds and 44 races, the...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Race start times for 2026 IndyCar season announced

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced the race broadcast start times for...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsecast Extra Episode 673 – 28.12.2025

Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and...
1h ago from Arseblog.com

'He is fighting the ball' - Paul Merson claims one...

Arsenal legend Paul Merson believes striker Viktor Gyökeres is trying too...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal 2-1 Brighton: Gunners go back on top after...

Match report – Player ratings – Arteta reaction – Video...
6h ago from Arseblog.com

'It feels like a basketball match kind of energy' -...

Former Arsenal striker Ian Wright noted the Gunners' struggles up front in...
9h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

F1: FIA closing another loophole?

Amidst concern over manufacturers are taking... Read More »
2h ago from Pitpass.com

Suzuka to undergo changes prior to 2026 F1 Japanese GP

One of F1’s most iconic circuits, Suzuka, will... Read More »
1h ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Sergio Perez brings back F1 staple ahead of Cadillac debut

Seasoned F1 star Sergio Perez has confirmed the... Read More »
26m ago from GPFans.com

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.