Bottas beat Hamilton to Eifel Grand Prix pole

Valtteri Bottas took pole position for the Eifel Grand Prix in a fight with Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. Bottas grabbed top spot with his final lap to take pole by 0.256 seconds after Verstappen set the pace on the first runs in final qualifying. It was the closest Mercedes have […]

Valtteri Bottas took pole position for the Eifel Grand Prix in a fight with Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.

Bottas grabbed top spot with his final lap to take pole by 0.256 seconds after Verstappen set the pace on the first runs in final qualifying.

It was the closest Mercedes have come to being beaten in qualifying this year but Verstappen slipped back to third.

Charles Leclerc took fourth for Ferrari to equal their best 2020 grid position.

Bottas’ lap brought to an end a run of five consecutive pole positions for Hamilton.