VALTTERI BOTTAS will start at the front of the grid for the Eifel Grand Prix, with Lewis Hamilton settling for second. The Red Bull star ended up in third, with Hamilton frustrated by his team-mate. Bottas ended up taking his 14th career pole – a quarter-of-a-second ahead of the British star. On his pole, the Finn revealed: “It’s such a nice feeling when you get it done the last lap. That’s the only goal for tomorrow and hopefully we can have a good start.”. But, with zero preparation, Hulkenburg finished dead-last in a ‘scruffy’ lap, according to ex-Renault star Jolyon Palmer.

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