Minimal visibility and torrential rain had drivers skating on thin ice, but Lewis Hamilton showed his class to claim pole position. StyrianGP
The British superstar said the “terrifying” conditions made claiming pole position all the more special.
“I like these conditions, but it’s terrifying. There’s an element of fun in it, but then there’s a massive area of sheer terror,” Hamilton said. “You’ve got this whole group of people behind you relying you to deliver in the most treacherous and most trickiest conditions you could be provided with. “Particularly raining as much it is, it’s hard to see, it’s hard to see where the lines are, and you’re feeling the car skip across aquaplaning moments. It’s even difficult sometimes just to stay full throttle down the straight because the car twitches and you’re accelerating kind of blind sometimes.Verstappen was threatening to take pole position away, but spun out on the final corner and could only watch on as the time ran out on the final session.
“It was looking like a really good lap by Max, but Lewis’ lap was extraordinary,” said Sky F1’s Jenson Button.
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