News Details

Leclerc fends off Hamilton to take fourth pole in a row

Charles Leclerc pulled off another stunning pole lap in qualifying for the 2019 Russian Grand Prix at Sochi Autodrom. It's his fourth pole in a row: the last time a Ferrari driver pulled that off was Michael Schumacher in 2001. Leclerc's time of 1:31.628s was four tenths quicker than Mercedes Lewis Hamilton, who had to dig deep to find the time he needed to deny Sebastian Vettel a front row starting spot for Sunday's race. Max Verstappen was fourth fastest in the session but will start five spots further back for the race due to grid penalties. That promotes Valtteri Bottas to fourth ahead of Carlos Sainz and Nico Hulkenberg. Alexander Albon failed to make it out of Q1 after triggering a...
Full Story »
5y ago from F1i.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Brilliant Leclerc stuns Hamilton for Singapore GP pole

Charles Leclerc pulled off a surprising and utterly convincing final push...
5y ago from F1i.com

Leclerc bests Vettel, Hamilton to take Russia pole

Charles Leclerc secured pole position for the fourth race in a row,...
5y ago from GPFans.com

Sochi Qualifying: Leclerc blows them away

For the fourth race in succession, Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc claimed...
5y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Leclerc stuns with Singapore pole

If you’d have guessed on the running order and likely outcome of the...
5y ago from TheParcFerme.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Alex Márquez wins Catalan Grand Prix to end...

t;li>Marc Márquez’s winning streak ends at home grand prixAlex...
3d ago from TheGuardian.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Robert Shwartzman refutes rumors about unhappiness in...

Robert Shwartzman has denied that he is unhappy in IndyCar after wrapping...
11h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Rinus VeeKay separates from Dale Coyne Racing

Rinus VeeKay will not race with Dale Coyne Racing next season after...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

This Arsenal star is 'exceptional' for his national...

Arsenal expert Charles Watts has heaped praise into Mikel Merino for his...
12h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'It just feels right' - Gael Clichy explains why...

Gael Clichy has said that Viktor Gyokeres will fit in really well at...
11h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Supercomputer predicts Liverpool, Chelsea and...

Opta Supercomputer has predicted Liverpool and Arsenal to have the best...
10h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Exclusive: Arsenal star has had Saudi transfer...

Arsenal forward Gabriel Martinelli could be facing an uncertain future...
14h ago from CaughtOffside.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.