With the first 1-2 since the 2016 Italian Grand Prix, Mercedes hits back hard today. While other teams seemed to expect a lot from the abolition of the qualifying mode in terms of engines, the all-powerful German-British team seems even more dominant than before.
The normally calm Valterri Bottas hands out a remarkable sneer towards Red Bull after qualifying.
Hamilton and Bottas may have cause for laughter. For weeks now, almost nothing has been discussed other than the abolition of the qualifying settings for the bikes: from the Grand Prix of Italy, the settings during qualifying must be the same as during the races. The team with the silver star seems to be doing anything but harm.
After qualifying, Bottas has a warning for Red Bull. That team had hoped to see the gap with Mercedes become smaller after the amendment of the regulations. The Red Bulls start fifth and ninth and today they could hardly notice a braked Mercedes. In fact, the Racing Points now also pass the Red Bulls.
Bottas vicious and triumphant
Bottas says in a triumphant tone: “I think my speed in the longer runs was good and we as a team look strong, but after the change in the bike regulations it looks even better for us in the race, so hopefully that will indeed be good. “
He continues: “Car felt good, engine felt good and like I said before, it just gets better during the race. So, I’m not sure how happy Red Bull is going to be with the whole engine change now. But I know. not.”
Lewis Hamilton cannot suppress a burst of laughter.
Bitter pill for Red Bull
Red Bull noticed little positive today, there seems to be no question of a braked Mercedes in any way.
Hamilton also did not notice any loss of power: he beat the track record at Monza with an average speed of 264.362 km / h.
Lewis Hamilton also hands out smiling pinpricks
“I don’t even think we’ve ever had a ‘party mode’, that’s someone else’s idea. But who knows whether or not we’ve even used such a mode in Spa?” He says with a telling look and a big smile.
The Briton has every reason to laugh after his sixth pole position in seven races, his 94th career pole and his 152nd start from the front row in total, while he looks set to continue breaking records for a while.
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