Sebastian Vettel described Lewis Hamilton's pole performance as 'phenomenal' on Saturday after being outpaced by the Englishman in qualifying for today's British Grand Prix.
The 25-year-old German said the Mercedes man had found something beyond his reach as he scorched to his 28th pole and left the triple world champion down in third.
Lewis Hamilton
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Hamilton’s Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg was second fastest as the Brackley-based team made the most of their local proximity to Silverstone by locking out the front row of the grid.
“Either Lewis has found a shortcut or he has something special around here,” said Vettel. “It was a phenomenal lap, not in our reach today. I had a good lap and was close with Mark. They are bloody quick in qualifying. We are not too bad, but they are in a different world,” he said.
Despite Hamilton’s protests that Red Bull retain a performance advantage in race trim, Vettel said he was not going to take the idea of a Mercedes race day slump for granted.
Force India impress
Sahara Force India’s Paul di Resta and Adrian set the fifth and seventh fastest time at the Formula 1 British Grand Prix qualifying on Saturday.
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