Here comes striking great news from Formula F1 that Lewis Hamilton is going to take pole position for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix as the new end qualifying design came in for overwhelming feedback. The Briton created a shocking lap to be 0.360 seconds snappier than Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg – and appeared as though he might have possessed the capacity to go quicker.
Be that as it may, the track was void for the last five minutes and senior figures said the arrangement ought to be reevaluated. Red Bull team boss Christian Horner said F1 ought to “apologize to the fans”.
Horner said, “It didn’t really work for me. We have not really put on a show. To have Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen in fast cars not taking part with five minutes to go is wrong.”
It was seen that Rosberg was behind both Ferraris after the main keeps running in the last session, however he snatched second on his last keep running ahead of Vettel and Raikkonen, who will begin third and fourth individually.
Rosberg said after the session: “It’s good to try something but it hasn’t worked – so we should go back.”
Ferrari’s Vettel said, “I don’t see why everyone is surprised it didn’t work. It is a bit busier at the beginning of the session but for no reason. People want to see us pushing to the limit at the end of the session. It is the wrong way to go and that’s what we said.”
The new arrangement worked on one level, be that as it may. It made the first and second parts of the session more laden – and one top team was gotten out as Red Bull’s Daniil Kvyat wound up eighteenth on the lattice.
Hamilton said: “I really have to take my hat off to this team – what they have done to raise the bar once more. It inspires and motivates me.
“I enjoyed driving the car in qualifying, got the set-up just right. They were some sexy laps, beautiful rhythm, it felt so good. I felt like James Brown at the end of the lap.”
Vettel added: “We expected them to be stronger in qualifying, which they were. Very happy with the lap in the end so we saved a set for the race. We still have high hopes for tomorrow and it is a long year.”
