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Formula One F1 – Portuguese Grand Prix – Algarve International Circuit, Portimao, Portugal – October 25, 2020 Race winner Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton during the press conference after the race FIA/Handout via REUTERS??ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
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Post his qualifying session, Lewis Hamilton was reported saying that the Imola circuit will fail to deliver an exciting race on Sunday.
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Formula 1 is racing at Imola after 14 years this weekend. Hamilton mentioned that the track is beautiful to drive on. However, he added, “I’m pretty certain you’re going to see a pretty boring race tomorrow”.
Lewis Hamilton explains his Imola race prediction
A Formula 1 fan dreams of a race weekend full of overtakes and exciting battles. Although, Hamilton explains why Imola will fail to deliver on such expectations.
He explained, “You can overtake on this long straight, but it’s quite narrow, you can’t follow. Once you get into turn one it’s a train from there. There’s no single place to overtake anywhere else.”
The world champion explained that these circumstances create a hurdle for people following. The overtaking options at Imola are very limited.
Although he further added, “The DRS will hopefully give some overtaking opportunities into turn one for people.”
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Hamilton further explained how overtaking will be a challenge on Sunday. He said, “For us that means we’re within half a tenth of each other so to have an opportunity of overtaking I think you need a gain of something like two seconds to the car ahead to have a chance.”
Nonetheless, Hamilton is not one to back down from a challenge. The Briton clarified that he will be giving his all this Sunday.
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Hamilton fails to get secure a pole position
Mercedes locked in the front row yet again at Imola. Although, Lewis Hamilton failed to finish at the pole this Saturday.
He was on provisional pole with one Valtteri Bottas lap left. In an exciting lap, Valtteri Bottas stole the pole position from Lewis Hamilton.
Valtteri Bottas has managed the 15th pole position of his career. Hamilton finished P2 with Max Verstappen at P3, thanks to Red Bull’s lightning engineers’ team.
Lewis Hamilton also admitted that he delivered a poor qualifying lap. However, he applauded Valtteri for his great job to secure the pole position.
Valtteri Bottas will look for his third win of this season, while Lewis will be looking for his ninth win this season. Furthermore, he will dedicate this win to his racing hero, Ayrton Senna.
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