- Lewis Hamilton will start in fourth after hitting the wall
- Max Verstappen will start from the back of the grid
Britain’s brightest young stars shone through the rain and gloom of qualifying for the Russian Grand Prix. With McLaren’s Lando Norris claiming his first pole and George Russell in third for Williams, this was definitive notice that Formula’s One’s future is in rude health. Their role model and inspiration, Lewis Hamilton, was in their wake, however, disappointed and apologetic after a highly unusual error left him in fourth place.
Hamilton held his hands up after he clipped the wall on the entrance to the pitlane. “It was a mistake. I am incredibly disappointed in myself,” he said. “Up until then I was in the groove, I was in the zone. That is not what you expect from a champion.”
