Valtteri Bottas pips Lewis Hamilton to pole for F1's 70th Anniversary GP

  • Mercedes lock out front row for Sunday’s race at Silverstone
  • Hülkenberg qualifies third for under-fire Racing Point

At least qualifying for the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix here managed to deviate from what has become a well-thumbed script as Valtteri Bottas grabbed pole position ahead of his Mercedes teammate, Lewis Hamilton.

But as F1 celebrates its seven decades of racing there was greater hope still that Sunday’s race may yet deliver an unlikely comeback story that will live long in the memory and only because of the spectre of the coronavirus. For Nico Hülkenberg, the driver with the most GP starts without a podium finish, Silverstone offers the chance of a lifetime.

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