- Hamilton sixth as Mercedes lose season’s 100% pole record
- Switch to intermediate tyres gives Stroll the edge
Lance Stroll ensured Formula One’s pecking order was turned upside down when he mastered the elements to take pole for the Turkish Grand Prix. Derided by many, Stroll proved once again he can on occasion pull out an exceptional performance and at Istanbul Park did so to leave the sport’s elder statesmen in his wake.
Lewis Hamilton, attempting to secure his seventh title, qualified in sixth, crucially in front of his Mercedes teammate, Valtteri Bottas, who was in ninth. His championship efforts remain on course but the Briton decried the track surface as a nightmare and the session as one of the least enjoyable of his career.
