Lewis Hamilton was “really hopeful” Fernando Alonso would beat Max Verstappen to Monaco pole

Alonso was beaten at the death by reigning F1 world champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen.
Verstappen put together a blistering final sector to pip Alonso to his first-ever pole position ꧒in Monaco.
Reflecting on qualifying in the principality, Hamilton praised Aston Martin for their “phenomenal work” in F1 2023.
“I’ll take anything I can get,” Hamilton said. “When you think about it, we are having to rely on others currently. So when you have Checo in the wall it’s like ‘thank♔ you!'”
“Ocon came out of nowhere, “He did obviously a great lap. I was really hopeful Fernando [Alonso] would have pole at the end. I saw it and I was like, ‘oh, this could be amazing f🥂or him’.൲ But that Red Bull was just too quick.
“But that Aston is now almost on par with that Red Bull, that’s phenomen✨al work. So I’m really happy for Aston and I hope that we can be there soon.”

Hamilton recovered from his crash in FP3 to secure sixth on the grid for Sunday’s race, two places ahead of teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell.
The seven-time world champion was nearly knocked out twice during qualifying, with Ha💙milton admitting “my💞 heart was in my mouth”.
“I didn’t try to leave it late, it’s just how it turned out,” Ham♐ilton addﷺed.
“Our middle sector has been where we’re losing out all wee𝔉kend so far. So I made a change over inܫto qualifying which made it harder in the first and last sector. You can’t always have your cake and eat it.
“But 💝I struggled to get temperature into the tyres in the session and so it was always that last, last lap that I managed to just pull something out.
“But my heart was in my mouth because it was like there could be a yellow flag, could be a red flag, who knows? But we made it through a🦹nd I’m grateful for the lap we got.”

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