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F1 Grand Prix qualifying results: Hamilton fastest, Bottas takes Turkey pole
Lewis Hamilton was fastest in Turkish Grand Prix qualifying at Istanbul Park, but will start 11th on the grid due to an engine change grid penalty, so his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas inherited pole.
Charles Bradley
Edited: Oct 9, 2021, 6:31 PM
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Bottas will start on pole ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen and the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.
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Turkish Grand Prix qualifying results: Bottas takes pole
Cla Driver Time Gap km/h 1 Valtteri Bottas
1'22.998 231.533 2 Max Verstappen
1'23.196 0.198 230.982 3 Charles Leclerc
1'23.265 0.267 230.790 4 Pierre Gasly
1'23.326 0.328 230.621 5 Fernando Alonso
1'23.477 0.479 230.204 6 Sergio Perez
1'23.706 0.708 229.574 7 Lando Norris
1'23.954 0.956 228.896 8 Lance Stroll
1'24.305 1.307 227.943 9 Yuki Tsunoda
1'24.368 1.370 227.773 10 Sebastian Vettel
1'24.795 1.797 226.626 11 Lewis Hamilton
1'22.868 231.896 12 Esteban Ocon
1'24.842 1.844 226.501 13 George Russell
1'25.007 2.009 226.061 14 Mick Schumacher
1'25.200 2.202 225.549 15 Daniel Ricciardo
1'25.881 2.883 223.760 16 Nicholas Latifi
1'26.086 3.088 223.227 17 Antonio Giovinazzi
1'26.430 3.432 222.339 18 Kimi Raikkonen
1'27.525 4.527 219.557 19 Nikita Mazepin
1'28.449 5.451 217.264 20 Carlos Sainz Jr.
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What happened in Q1?
The cars took to a damp track on slick tyres, which led to early spins for Sainz and Verstappen, while Hamilton ran wide and lost his opening lap due to exceeding track limits. Hamilton’s second effort took P1 at 1m27.085s, which was topped by Verstappen at 1m26.692s before Lewis took it back with 1m26.520s.
As the rain held off, with just a few spots falling, Bottas jumped to the top with 1m25.733s. Leclerc pipped that on 1m25.727s, then Gasly took over with 1m25.486s. Hamilton and Verstappen swapped the P1 time between them, with Lewis taking it at the flag with a lap of 1m24.585s, with Max just 0.007s slower.
Falling at the first hurdle were McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo (who was pushed out by Sainz on the final lap), Nicholas Latifi (Williams), the Alfa Romeos of Antonio Giovinazzi and Kimi Raikkonen, and Haas’s Nikita Mazepin, who spun several times.
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Turkish Grand Prix Q1 results: Hamilton fastest from Verstappen
Cla Driver Chassis Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 11 1'24.585 227.189 2 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 10 1'24.592 0.007 0.007 227.170 3 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri 10 1'24.704 0.119 0.112 226.870 4 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 12 1'24.869 0.284 0.165 226.428 5 Sergio Perez
Red Bull 10 1'24.963 0.378 0.094 226.178 6 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes 11 1'25.047 0.462 0.084 225.955 7 Lando Norris
McLaren 10 1'25.138 0.553 0.091 225.713 8 Fernando Alonso
Alpine 10 1'25.174 0.589 0.036 225.618 9 Carlos Sainz Jr.
Ferrari 12 1'25.177 0.592 0.003 225.610 10 Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri 10 1'25.409 0.824 0.232 224.997 11 George Russell
Williams 12 1'25.417 0.832 0.008 224.976 12 Esteban Ocon
Alpine 10 1'25.422 0.837 0.005 224.963 13 Lance Stroll
Aston Martin 9 1'25.511 0.926 0.089 224.728 14 Mick Schumacher
Haas 11 1'25.555 0.970 0.044 224.613 15 Sebastian Vettel
Aston Martin 10 1'25.787 1.202 0.232 224.005 16 Daniel Ricciardo
McLaren 10 1'25.881 1.296 0.094 223.760 17 Nicholas Latifi
Williams 10 1'26.086 1.501 0.205 223.227 18 Antonio Giovinazzi
Alfa Romeo 11 1'26.430 1.845 0.344 222.339 19 Kimi Raikkonen
Alfa Romeo 11 1'27.525 2.940 1.095 219.557 20 Nikita Mazepin
Haas 10 1'28.449 3.864 0.924 217.264 View full results
What happened in Q2?
Conditions remained dry as the majority of teams ran on the medium-compound tyre to avoid starting on softs on Sunday.
Hamilton set the bar at 1m23.595s, while Perez had a big moment at Turn 1 and just missed the tyrewall, and Leclerc spun at the final corner. Hamilton improved his P1 time to 1m23.082s with Bottas 0.497s behind, and Verstappen 0.65s off his pace.
Knocked out at this point were Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin), Esteban Ocon (Alpine), George Russell (whose Williams went off at the final corner on his last lap), Mick Schumacher (Haas) and Sainz, who will start his Ferrari at the back after an engine change but did go out to give Leclerc a slipstream.
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Turkish Grand Prix Q2 results: Hamilton fastest from Bottas
Cla Driver Chassis Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 9 1'23.082 231.299 2 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes 10 1'23.579 0.497 0.497 229.923 3 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 9 1'23.732 0.650 0.153 229.503 4 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri 8 1'23.817 0.735 0.085 229.270 5 Fernando Alonso
Alpine 8 1'23.914 0.832 0.097 229.005 6 Sergio Perez
Red Bull 8 1'23.961 0.879 0.047 228.877 7 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 10 1'24.015 0.933 0.054 228.730 8 Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri 8 1'24.054 0.972 0.039 228.624 9 Lance Stroll
Aston Martin 8 1'24.601 1.519 0.547 227.146 10 Lando Norris
McLaren 9 1'24.642 1.560 0.041 227.036 11 Sebastian Vettel
Aston Martin 9 1'24.795 1.713 0.153 226.626 12 Esteban Ocon
Alpine 8 1'24.842 1.760 0.047 226.501 13 George Russell
Williams 8 1'25.007 1.925 0.165 226.061 14 Mick Schumacher
Haas 8 1'25.200 2.118 0.193 225.549 15 Carlos Sainz Jr.
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What happened in Q3?
Hamilton set the benchmark at 1m23.093s but that was immediately beaten by Bottas by 0.022s on 1m23.071s. Verstappen was two tenths off the pace after a moment exiting the final turn.
On the final runs, Hamilton retook the top spot with a new track record of 1m22.868s. Bottas was second fastest but will start from pole with a lap of 1m22.998s, while Verstappen will line up alongside on 1m23.196s.
Leclerc was fourth quickest, 0.397s off Hamilton, and will start third ahead of Pierre Gasly, Alonso, Perez, Norris, Stroll and Tsunoda.
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Turkish Grand Prix Q3 results: Hamilton fastest, Bottas takes pole
Cla Driver Chassis Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 8 1'22.868 231.896 2 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes 6 1'22.998 0.130 0.130 231.533 3 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 6 1'23.196 0.328 0.198 230.982 4 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 8 1'23.265 0.397 0.069 230.790 5 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri 6 1'23.326 0.458 0.061 230.621 6 Fernando Alonso
Alpine 6 1'23.477 0.609 0.151 230.204 7 Sergio Perez
Red Bull 6 1'23.706 0.838 0.229 229.574 8 Lando Norris
McLaren 6 1'23.954 1.086 0.248 228.896 9 Lance Stroll
Aston Martin 6 1'24.305 1.437 0.351 227.943 10 Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri 6 1'24.368 1.500 0.063 227.773 View full results
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