08
May
2021
100th F1 pole “feels like one of the first”
At the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, the Mercedes driver narrowly edged out Red Bull title rival Max Verstappen by 0.036s to take a stunning 100th pole of his F1 career, now going 35 poles beyond previous record holder Ayrton Senna.
His 100th pole position came almost 14 years after his first, at the 2007 Canadian Grand Prix that also…