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[brotkasten]

Hamilton posted a Hammertime, 1:11:791. 6th tenths faster than Vettels first run.

Vettel then with a 1:11:795

Sounds amazing. Can't wait for the race tomorrow.

 

[Psychotext]

Good little battle. No-one was doing anything about that final lap from Hamilton though.

 

[Juicy Bob]

I can't believe I've watched a driver start his career all the way to equaling Senna's pole record.

 

[DrM]

I can't believe I've watched a driver start his career all the way to equaling Senna's pole record.

And this means only three more pole positions and he will match all time Schumacher record at 68

 

[Zeknurn]

Wow, the crowd loves Vettel. What a difference a few years and a new team makes.

 

[GrizzleBoy]

Ooooohhh shiiiiiiiiiiit

 

[Jezbollah]

Wow that is legit.

 

[Vilix]

It was a sexy lap!

 

[aspiegamer]

They're riding in the medical car to the press room? Hah. And that doesn't look particularly safe, Lewis.

I can't believe I've watched a driver start his career all the way to equaling Senna's pole record.

Regardless of his total championship number, he's got a lock on the god of the single lap.

Wow, the crowd loves Vettel. What a difference a few years and a new team makes.

Both the top contenders being fan favorites makes watching the battle even more fun.

 

[Zaru]

And this means only three more pole positions and he will match all time Schumacher record at 68

It's pretty much guaranteed that Hamilton will be the new pole record holder this season.

 

[Juicy Bob]

That is phenomenal.

 

[Theorry]

OMG

 

[EnlightenedMint]

They seem to have these interviews down this time.

 

[Aiii]

Goddamn! What a lovely gesture that is.

 

[NewDust]

Goosebumps.

 

[Zeknurn]

It's a shame we didn't get rid of Bernie like 10 years ago because this is so much better in every regard.

 

[Ruruja]

That's a great gift, wow.

 

[Supervlieg]

Fucking hell, that's awesome

 

[Dutch Gronk]

Goddamn! What a lovely gesture that is.

What did I miss?!

Also, hats off to Lewis there. Absolutely banged it, my god.

 

[Vilix]

Wow.

 

[Deadman]

What did they do? I had switched off already

Should be a great battle tomorrow

 

[RaySpencer]

Holy shit. Amazing.

Im so happy that it happened in Canada too.

 

[EnlightenedMint]

Aww that's awesome.

 

[Zaru]

How'd they know Hamilton would get his Senna-equaling pole here?
#rigged

 

[Aiii]

What did I miss?!

Also, hats off to Lewis there. Absolutely banged it, my god.

Senna family gave him one of Senna’s helmets.

 

[Par Score]

I switched off, what did they do?

Edit: Wow, that's super cool!

 

[Supervlieg]

What did they do? I had switched off already

Should be a great battle tomorrow

Hamilton got a original race-worn helmet of Ayrton from the Senna family for equalling his record number of poles.

 

[Deadman]

Wow thats really nice of them

 

[theignoramus]

That was a heavy moment. Salute to the Senna family.

 

[Orbis]

I can't believe I've watched a driver start his career all the way to equaling Senna's pole record.

Yeah it's mad. I was 15 years old in 06 and went to Silverstone, and the crowd went wild when he won both GP2 races. I was so excited for him to move to F1 the following year and it's been a wild ride supporting him for the last 10 years.

 

[chuckddd]

Lewis hugging that helmet like a young me hugging my fire truck on Christmas morning. Awesome.

 

[JadedWriter]

Hamilton got a original race-worn helmet of Ayrton from the Senna family for equalling his record number of poles.

OH. SHIT. Please tell there's video footage of this, I have to see it.

 

[Zaru]

OH. SHIT. Please tell there's video footage of this, I have to see it.

https://streamable.com/xv4af

 

[FuturusX]

Too much...I can't handle it. I'm in tears here.

 

[JadedWriter]

https://streamable.com/xv4af

Never did I think he'd equal Senna's record on Hamilton's favorite track and then receive one of Senna's helmets. He'll probably be buried wearing that thing. I'm so happy for Lewis.

 

[Aiii]

According to Massa "Stroll is getting better every day"

 

[FuturusX]

I love that Lewis removed it form the box and then proceeded to hug it like a boy. Beautiful.

 

[DrM]

https://streamable.com/xv4af

I have tears in my eyes

 

[JDB]

According to Massa "Stroll is getting better every day"

At what?

 

[PowerTaxi]

That reminds me of Schumacher after the 2000 Italian GP.

Maaaaan....

 

[Aiii]

At what?

Getting Massa paid? I don't know, certainly not racing.

 

[nekkid]

Oh man, the feels.

I do sometimes think he just plays up to his Senna fandom for his profile, but then you see something like that.

MEN CRY TOO SHUT UP....sniff

 

[John_B]

Great stuff with the gesture from the Senna family. Seemed destined almost with such a killer lap on the track where Hamilton took his first pole position and also his first win in Formula 1.

 

[theignoramus]

So the Mercs have an edge on Ferrari on tracks where their engine can really breathe. And Ferrari has an edge on the Mercs on the circuits with lots of corners.

 

[Aiii]

-edit: oops, wrong thread.

 

[JadedWriter]

Saw the post qualifying interview with Hamilton and he spent more than half of it thanking his family. Some people like to act like the man is a douche or something, but when the real Hamilton actually turns up you can tell he's just a humble kid. He's rich and occasionally egotistical, but that goes for most of the successful drivers on the grid.

 

[Mastah]

The Power of Dreams.

 

[darkinstinct]

So the Mercs have an edge on Ferrari on tracks where their engine can really breathe. And Ferrari has an edge on the Mercs on the circuits with lots of corners.

Ferrari is best at straights and high speed corners, Mercedes at medium speed corners. Don't know where you take your interpretation from, this season so far showed quite the opposite. This might just be another case of Ferrari going for a race setup and Mercedes for quali. It will be interesting to see the start tomorrow.

 

[Zaru]

The start's gonna be VERY important because turn 1 lends itself to strongarming. See previous years.
Neither HAM nor VET are strangers to wheelbanging and there are crazy fins and Verstappen right behind, I'll be surprised if turn 1 delivers no incident tomorrow.

But I'll also be surprised if there's little overtaking tomorrow. The hairpin can be taken in quite different lines and leads into two DRS zones towards turn 1. Plenty of opportunities there.

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

The Stoff isn't slow because he's driving a "shitbox", he's slow because he's still braking like he's driving in GP2 according to Eric.😂

So he can't adapt, has poor awareness and he's 6 tenths slower (avg) than his team over one lap, he's right there with Stroll and Palmer in the embarrassment club.

I'm calling it now, Alonso and his mate Kubica will be driving for McLaren next season.