Night shift: Bottas beats Vettel by 0.012s for pole as Hamilton starts in P5

2019-11-03 08:00:00 by Matt Gretton

Saturday at the Circus of the Americas in Texas climaxed in a very tight qualifying session. Valtteri Bottas will start from pole as his time was just 0.012 faster than 2nd placed Sebastian Vettel. There have also been some pretty tasty headlines throughout the day. In case you missed it, here's the lowdown! 

Bottas narrowly edges Vettel and Verstappen for pole position at COTA!

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas has taken pole position at the Circuit of the Americas for the first time, with the 30-year-old setting a new track record in the weekend where he needs to win Sunday's Grand Prix to keep his championship hopes alive.

Joining Bottas on the front row will be Sebastian Vettel for Ferrari as the German was just 0.012 seconds slower than the Mercedes, with Max Verstappen finishing off the qualifying podium as he was also under a tenth slower than Bottas' pole-setting time. The other Ferrari of Charles Leclercfinished in fourth place.

Watch as Verstappen and Hamilton almost collide during qualifying!

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