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BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN – MARCH 10: Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes talks with Valtteri Bottas of Finland and Alfa Romeo F1 during Day One of F1 Testing at Bahrain International Circuit on March 10, 2022 in Bahrain, Bahrain. (Photo by Dan Istitene – Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images)
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BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN – MARCH 10: Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes talks with Valtteri Bottas of Finland and Alfa Romeo F1 during Day One of F1 Testing at Bahrain International Circuit on March 10, 2022 in Bahrain, Bahrain. (Photo by Dan Istitene – Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images)
The much anticipated Miami Grand Prix just concluded its Saturday Qualifying. The grid setting for Sunday’s race saw the usual Ferrari and Red Bull fighting each other for the top spot. Meanwhile, Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton came together once again in the grid.
The stakes are high as the city of Miami hosts its first race in its history. As the qualifying saw Charles Leclerc pick up his third pole of the season, Valtteri out-qualified his former teammate in fashion.
That’s P5 in the bag for @ValtteriBottas! 🤩 #MiamiGP pic.twitter.com/PhNHFRrbje
— Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN (@alfaromeoorlen) May 7, 2022
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The new Alfa Romeo recruit will start tomorrow’s race from P5 as he clocked the much important 1:29.475. Compared to him Lewis finished his flying lap in 1:29.625. The Valtteri vs Lewis has flocked the fans quite a bit off late as the duo ramps up in two different machines for the first time in five years.
F1 fans react as Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas qualify next to each other
Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas were teammates at the Brackley-based team for five long years. Lewis picked up four driver’s championships while the duo helped the Silver Arrows pick up five back-to-back constructors’ championships.
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The new season saw Mercedes pick George Russell from Williams to replace the Finland international. As a result, the Finn moved to Alfa Romeo and replaced retirement-bound Kimi Raikkonen. With the new season on the go, Valtteri partnered rookie Chinese driver Guanyu Zhou.
Lewis' first Q3 run is good enough for P6 – just a tenth shy of VB's Alfa.
That snap at T1 cost LH there. There's some more juice left in the tank. Keep pushing, Lewis. 👊 pic.twitter.com/tyeRwxOWdV
— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) May 7, 2022
The new season saw Lewis struggle more than he has ever done in the last couple of years. Moreover, Hamilton and Bottas share the P7 and P8 in driver’s standings with 28 and 24 points each. As the inaugural Miami GP saw the old friends come together again, fans expressed their thoughts on social media.
— Free (@November0990) May 7, 2022
Ah… and Lewis is behind me.
— Angel (@cwb_angel) May 7, 2022
And he’s in front of Lewis.
— John (@viabreraNL) May 7, 2022
The things we love to see!!! pic.twitter.com/qbJp6Vf8H7
— Johny Milton (@johnymilton90) May 7, 2022
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Congratulations Valtteri!! pic.twitter.com/UHHnqjPTxv
— aliba arazi (@alibaarz) May 7, 2022
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Can Lewis show the world that he’s still one of the best drivers out there? Can Bottas show that he’s still one of the very best even after switching teams? Who’ll come out on top after toppling one another? Sunday’s race will tell us all.
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