He did it.!!! With a lap time of 1.19:997 he beat Kimi into second place and grabbed pole at the last possible chance. Lewis, my boy, you are a star in the making.
I do hope for a win tomorrow but it is unlikely due to various things, luck being a major part of it.
Sadly British F1 drivers don’t always get a lot of luck in the sport. Sounds like a bizarre thing to say but it is rather true. Think back to people like Mansell and Hill. If Mansell hadn’t had his rear tyre blow in 1986 then HE would have been a two times champion and Prost only twice. Ditto the following year when he had to miss out on ANOTHER title due to a huge crash in practice against Piquet and the Brazilian took his third and final title. In 1991 he lost out to Senna in Japan (again) and finally went on to win in 1992 when it was Senna who started getting car problems in the Maclaren instead of Mansell’s Williams.
Then think onto ole Damon. If it hadn’t been for that bloody German driving into him in 1994 he would have been champion twice not once. Ok it only took Hill from 1992 (when he drove the supreme awful and underpowered Brabham/Judd BT60) until 1996 to win his championship (with wins in 1993, his first in the competitive Williams which he COULD have won the British GP in but for an engine failure). Mansell first drove in an F1 car in 1980 (for Lotus in the 81B, a car that, due to a fuel leak, left him with chemical burns on his bum cheeks) and took until 1985 and the European GP in Brands Hatch (now driving a Williams) for his first win. His classic victory in the 1987 season against Piquet in an identical Williams was undeniably one of his greatest races ever. Having had to make a pit stop to replace a punture he was 30 seconds behind Piquet with 30 laps to go. He pulled the turbo boost to full and somehow managed to not only catch Piquet but overtook him into Stowe, winning the race and leaving the crowd roaring his name. On the run down lap his engine actually melted down due to the high boost levels.
So lets all keep our fingers crossed for tomorrow. The Ham can do it. But this is a Ferrari circuit, the same as France was, and overtaking is difficult. Maybe if Alonso can tangle two Ferraris… hmmmm. Hehehe.