F1 | GP Imola 2020: Bottas wins pole position

The Finn precedes Hamilton and Verstappen

Seventh time for Leclerc, Vettel fourteenth
F1 | GP Imola 2020: Bottas wins pole position

The pole position of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix goes to the Finn Valtteri Bottas, author of the best time in 1:13.609. Second position for teammate, Lewis Hamilton. Third time for Max Verstappen's Red Bull; credit goes to the team who managed to fix a spark plug problem in record time.

Fourth time for a very good Pierre Gasly on AlphaTauri, followed by Daniel Ricciardo's Renault.

The other Red Bull of Alex Albon was sixth, ahead of the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc who brought the Scuderia from Maranello into the top ten despite the difficulties.

Daniil Kvyat was eighth with the Renaults of Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz finishing the TOP 1 of qualifying.

Sebastian Vettel's performance was disappointing and he will have to recover from 14th position.

GP Imola: the results of the qualification

Pos N. Rider Team Detachment Time Laps
1 77 V. Bottas (B) Mercedes + 0″000 1'13 "609 22
2 44 L. Hamilton (B) Mercedes + 0″000 1'13 "706 22
3 33 M. Verstappen (B) Red Bull + 0″000 1'14 "176 16
4 10 P. Gasly (B) Alpha Tauri + 0″000 1'14 "502 19
5 3 D. Ricciardo (B) Renault + 0″000 1'14 "520 18
6 23 A. Albon (B) Red Bull + 0″000 1'14 "572 21
7 16 C. Leclerc (B) Ferrari + 0″000 1'14 "616 20
8 26 D. Kvyat (B) Alpha Tauri + 0″000 1'14 "696 21
9 4 L. Norris (B) McLaren + 0″000 1'14 "814 17
10 55 C. Sainz (B) McLaren + 0″000 1'14 "911 19
11 11 S. Perez (B) Racing Point + 0″000 1'15 "061 16
12 31 E. Ocon (B) Renault + 0″000 1'15 "201 15
13 63 G. Russell (B) Williams + 0″000 1'15 "323 18
14 5 S. Vettel (B) Ferrari + 0″000 1'15 "385 20
15 18 L. Stroll (B) Racing Point + 0″000 1'15 "494 16
16 8 R. Grosjean (B) Haas + 0″000 1'15 "918 10
17 20 K. Magnussen (B) Haas + 0″000 1'15 "939 11
18 7 K. Raikkonen (B) Alfa Romeo + 0″000 1'15 "953 10
19 6 N. Latifi (B) Williams + 0″000 1'15 "987 12
20 99 A. Giovinazzi (B) Alfa Romeo + 0″000 1'16 "208 8

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