Lewis Hamilton’s reaction to Max Verstappen's mighty pole margin at Spa: “Pretty impressive”
Hamilton secured 💯fourth in qualifying at Spa-Francorchamps, over 0.9s off championship leader Verstappe🌺n.
Verstappen will start Sunday’🎐s race from sixth of the grid due to a gearbox penalty, promoting H𝔍amilton into the top three.
Speaking after🎃 qualifying, Hamilton was pleased with his qualifying per꧑formance given the tricky conditions.
“Firstly, this track is incredible to drive,” he said๊. “It was definitely hectic because it🎃 was consistently drying.
“It was slippery at the beginning, and difficult to see. You know that every lap is going to be faster than t💯he next lap. That’s why we were at the end of the pitlane early.
“Each session, the team did a great job in getting us out with great turnarounds. Head down, I was ♛maximising as much as I could.
“I was still a 🐼good chunk off Max! Pretty impressive, ♌but I’m really happy.”
Hami🔴lton has his eyes firmly set on a podium on Sunday.
“I guess I have Max behind, but thaಌt will be tꩵhe goal, of course,” he added.
“P1, no-one got any runni꧃ng. Getti🌞ng the set-up ready for qualifying was a big guessing game.
“I’m hoping the car is de😼cent 🐎in the long run tomorrow in the race.
“It didn’t feel bad today. The car was pretty decent. But in the middle sector we were losing a second. I have to go and study, to figure out where that is. If there’s any way,🌼 with the package I have, that I can close that. We obviously need to work on making improvements.”
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