A new track record saw yet another Lewis Hamilton pole position. Unfortunately for the Seven-Time World Champion, he starts in 11th<\/sup> place after taking a new internal combustion engine (ICE). Carlos Sainz has taken a full new power unit so starts at the back of the grid.<\/p>\n It wasn\u2019t easy for the drivers, with conditions far from ideal at the start. With the track still drying, the downhill plunge of turn one had many victims. All three sessions saw multiple drivers lose the car and go wide onto the gravel.<\/p>\n A tricky session for the drivers threw up some surprising results! Mainly seeing Daniel Ricciardo, who has been in good form, knocked out in Q1. He looked ok to make it into the second session, until a lap on the buzzer from Carlos Sainz pushed the Australian into the bottom five. Frustrating for Monza’s winner, given Sainz will be starting from the back of the grid.<\/p>\n Rain was in the air, meaning every driver wanted early banker laps in. The forecast was wrong and the track went quicker, quicker and quicker! We saw Hamilton go half a second clear to top the timesheets. His title rival Verstappen matched his pace, and was only seven thousandths behind.<\/p>\n Mick Schumacher pulled out an outstanding lap to pull his Haas into P14 to make it into Q2. However, Daniel Ricciardo, Nicholas Latifi, Antonio Giovinazzi, Kimi Raikkonen and Nikita Mazepin couldn\u2019t make it out of Q1.<\/p>\n Q2 saw most of the top teams qualify on the medium tyres, giving them a free choice on Sunday. That will be crucial for Lewis Hamilton who will start P11 at best (unless people ahead are penalised).<\/p>\n George Russell looked set to make it into Q3 after a top lap. Unfortunately, he wasn\u2019t able to finish. He approached the last corner with the top-ten-shootout in his sights, but an error saw him wide in the final corner, he\u2019ll have to settle for P13.<\/p>\n With a full new power unit, Carlos Sainz will start from the back. He opted against setting a time in Q2, but went out on track. This turned into a brilliant piece of timing for Ferrari. He was able to give teammate Charles Leclerc a tow to help him into the top-ten-shootout.<\/p>\n Sebastian Vettel, Esteban Ocon, George Russell, Mick Schumacher and Carlos Sainz were the drivers out in Q2.<\/p>\n After the first runs in Q3, Valtteri Bottas lead the way from Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen. An interesting move followed, with the other nine drivers in the pits, Hamilton decided to go out on his own to try and find the 0.022 seconds he was behind Bottas. Three purples for the current World Champion saw him go two tenths up on his teammate. Hamilton\u2019s 1.22.868 lap was a new track record!<\/p>\n Lewis Hamilton\u2019s track record was enough to see him top the timesheet. An impressive session from Hamilton saw him complete a 1-2 for Mercedes on time. However, that engine penalty for Lewis Hamilton sees him drop to 11th<\/sup> for tomorrow\u2019s race. (Unless someone else takes engine penalties overnight).<\/p>\n Valtteri Bottas, who had a Turkish Grand Prix to forget last season, will be much happier this weekend. He starts from pole after Hamilton\u2019s penalty, a good omen for the Finn – the last eight races at Istanbul Park have been won by the pole sitter on five occasions.<\/p>\n Max Verstappen finished third in the session, but is promoted to the front row behind the Silver Arrow of Bottas.<\/p>\n Lando Norris was unable to bounce back from his Sochi heartbreak<\/a> like he would have wanted. The young Brit could only follow up his maiden pole<\/a> with P8.<\/p>\n Valtteri Bottas, Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, Pierre Gasly and Fernando Alonso will give us a top five in the race all from five different teams!<\/p>\n After dialling into the circuit perfectly, Lewis Hamilton reacted<\/a>: \u201cThe track is absolutely awesome. The team did a really great job getting us out at the right time. We\u2019ll see what we can do tomorrow [after 10-place grid penalty] and hopefully give the fans an exciting race.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n His teammate wasn\u2019t too far behind in the end, and was satisfied with his work:<\/a> “Yeah it was a good quali. Not easy conditions, especially Q1 it was a bit on the edge with the damp parts. Lewis with his penalty, that\u2019s the minimum penalty he can have, I\u2019m on pole, so that should be good.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Max Verstappen<\/a> wasn\u2019t overly confident with the car\u2019s chances in qualifying, but is ready to fight for the race win: “Conditions were tricky but overall the laps were quite good. We didn\u2019t have enough to fight for pole but I\u2019m pretty happy. Let\u2019s see how the weather is tomorrow and how competitive we can be.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Full Classification:<\/p>\n QUALIFYING CLASSIFICATION \u23f1\ufe0f@LewisHamilton<\/a> quickest in qualifying \ud83d\ude80<\/p>\n But @ValtteriBottas<\/a> will start from pole in Istanbul due to his teammate's grid penalty \ud83d\udea6#TurkishGP<\/a> \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf7 #F1<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/YaMFkU9Lhs<\/a><\/p>\n — Formula 1 (@F1) October 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nDaniel Ricciardo Out in Q1<\/h3>\n
George Russell Error Costs Him<\/h3>\n
Lewis Hamilton Pole – New Track Record<\/h3>\n
Reaction to Lewis Hamilton Pole<\/h3>\n
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