Twitter Reacts as Lewis Hamilton Bags Pole in Singapore

Published 09/15/2018, 11:00 AM EDT

On a track that would normally suit Ferrari or Red Bull, Lewis Hamilton stuck his Mercedes on pole. Flanking him will be Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel. Behind the trio are Valtteri Bottas, Kimi Raikkonen and Daniel Ricciardo respectively.

Completing the top 10 are Sergio Perez, Romain Grosjean, Esteban Ocon and Nico Hulkenberg. Just missing out are Fernando Alonso, Carlos Sainz Jr, Charles LeClerc, Marcus Ericsson and Pierre Gasly in Q2. Missing out in Q1 were the usual suspects, Brendon Hartley, Sergey Sirotkin, Lance Stroll and Stoffel Vandoorne. However, they were joined by Kevin Magnussen who was caught out late into the session.

Here is how Twitter reacted to the qualifying session.

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Aryton senna in Monaco, @LewisHamilton in Singapore. Absolutely magical lap 🙌🏻🙌🏻. #legend @MercedesAMGF1 @F1 #SingaporeGP @SkySportsF1 @MBrundleF1 @CroftyF1
— KriG (@krig_46_44) September 15, 2018

That was some lap by Hamilton. Unreal. #SingaporeGP
— Brian Chamberlain (@b_chamberlain) September 15, 2018

Well those haters are fast running out of excuses ..#LewisHamilton was winning because he had the best car…. #Vettel can't even beat him with the best car on there favoured tracks #SingaporeGP
— khaled hussain (@Idiosyncritic0) September 15, 2018

I’ve said that before.. my opinion Lewis is one of the best driver of all time, if not the best. I had the pleasure of racing him many many times and his current form is impressive.
— LUCAS DI GRASSI (@LucasdiGrassi) September 15, 2018

@LewisHamilton yes, yes, yes. Another pole, amazing job #TeamLH #SingaporeGP
— Claa. (@claabatts) September 15, 2018

Hands down best lap, tomorrow we rise more #SingaporeGP #TeamLH https://t.co/ICQdkmAWoZ
— Linda Kamau (@Lkamau) September 15, 2018

VER says he was having engine issues in #Q3, which makes his front row spot in #SingaporeGP 🇸🇬 even more impressive. #F1
— Jeff Pappone 🇨🇦 (@jpappone) September 15, 2018

Hamilton's Singapore pole lap #F1 #SingaporeGP pic.twitter.com/Ircoh7AFc3
— Bec Clancy (@becclancy) September 15, 2018

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Watching VET’s body language in his post-qualifying interview, I’d say HAM’s pole lap was a crushing blow. #SingaporeGP 🇸🇬 #F1 pic.twitter.com/i1ceSf0aOv
— Jeff Pappone 🇨🇦 (@jpappone) September 15, 2018

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That was a proper-quick pole lap by @LewisHamilton – bravo mate – but credit is also due to the man he’ll share the front row with, @Max33Verstappen, criticised by doubters early this year but having now outqualified @danielricciardo an impressive 9 times in a row. #SingaporeGP pic.twitter.com/fpXMWEsFjx
— Matt Bishop (@TheBishF1) September 15, 2018

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Dhruv George is a senior Formula One and NASCAR analyst for EssentiallySports, having authored nearly 12000 articles spanning different sports like F1, NASCAR, Tennis, NFL, and eSports. He graduated with a PG Diploma in Journalism from the Xavier Institute of Communications. Dhruv has also conducted interviews with F1 driver Pierre Gasly and Moto2 rider Tony Arbolino.