The Sunday Post (Inverness)

Lewis takes pole to get within one of Schuey

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Lewis Hamilton celebrates grabbing pole position at Silverston­e yesterday. “What the hell is Perez doing?” Vettel further changes to his Honda engine. It shouted. “He needs to watch his mirrors. means the 35-year-old, who was ultimately Austria was the same thing.” Vettel also dumped out of qualifying at the second expressed his anger over the team radio after attempt after finishing 13th, will be thrown to qualifying only third. the back of the grid.

Fernando Alonso topped the order in the His McLaren team-mate StoffelVan­doorne opening phase of qualifying after bolting on a did however progress to the top-10 shootout set of dry tyres and blitzing the 3.6- mile as he out-qualified Alonso for the first time circuit as the track began to dry out after this season. The Belgian, who replaced earlier rain. Jenson Button, qualified ninth.

His lap brought a huge cheer from fans of Joining Alonso at the back will be Daniel Alonso and his British team McLaren Ricciardo after his Red Bull conked out with following what has been another lacklustre just 10 minutes gone. The Australian, already campaign. Indeed it was the first time a due to serve a five-place grid drop after a McLaren car had been quickest in any gearbox change, pulled over atWoodcote and qualifying session since the 2013 Indian was forced to abandon his car. Grand Prix. “I thought five places was painful but now

But the Spaniard’s efforts were rendered we are starting at the back of the grid,” effectivel­y redundant after he headed into Ricciardo said. “It’s disappoint­ing not to be the one- hour session already facing a able to show more of what we can do in mammoth 30-place grid penalty following qualifying.”

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