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Hamilton on pole in Hockenheim

Writer's picture: Andrew ZarbAndrew Zarb

Lewis Hamilton has taken his 87th career pole position in Formula 1, and 2nd in Hockenheim.

Lewis Hamilton has qualified on pole position for the 2019 German Grand Prix, making it his first pole position in Hockenheim since 2008. It was an utterly disastrous qualifying session for Ferrari, with Sebastian Vettel failing to even set a time meaning he will thus start last. The other Ferrari of Charles Leclerc, who was a realistic contender for pole position, did not take part in the final qualifying as his car also had an issue. It has frankly summed up Ferrari's season, promising pace but too many issues and mistakes by team and driver. Max Verstappen, who at one point also seemed to be complaining with problems on his car, managed to overcome them and qualified on the front row, whilst Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas qualified third - and Verstappen's team-mate Pierre Gasly qualified in fourth.

It was an impressive qualifying session for Kimi Raikkonen, who put his Alfa Romeo in fifth place. Romain Grosjean and Sergio Perez both had positive qualifying sessions as they advanced to the final part of qualifying and qualified in sixth and eighth place respectively. It was not such a good session, however, for McLaren's Lando Norris (unlike his team-mate) and Toro Rosso's Alexander Albon, who both failed to make it into the second part of qualifying.

Starting grid: Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes Max Verstappen - Red Bull Racing-Honda Valtteri Bottas - Mercedes Pierre Gasly - Red Bull Racing-Honda Kimi Raikkonen - Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari Romain Grosjean - Haas-Ferrari Carlos Sainz - McLaren-Renault Sergio Perez - Racing Point-BWT Mercedes Nico Hulkenberg - Renault Charles Leclerc - Ferrari Antonio Giovinazzi - Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari Kevin Magnussen - Haas-Ferrari Daniel Ricciardo - Renault Daniil Kvyat - Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda Lance Stroll - Racing Point-BWT Mercedes Lando Norris - McLaren-Renault Alexander Albon - Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda George Russell - Williams-Mercedes Robert Kubica - Williams-Mercedes Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari

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