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september 06, 2014 - Pirelli formula1
Formula 1 - Hamilton on pole using P Zero White Medium tyres: speeds in excess of 350kph
Formula 1 - Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton has claimed pole position at Monza with a time of 1m24.109s, set on the medium tyre, which is nominated together with the hard tyre this weekend. Hamilton’s time was less than half a second off last year’s pole time of 1m23.755s, underlining the pace of development this season. His team mate Nico Rosberg will line up second on the grid, marking the sixth one-two in qualifying for Mercedes this season, and the fifth pole for Hamilton in 2014.
With low wear and degradation, and the medium tyre offering more than half a second of speed advantage per lap over the hard, tyre tactics were in evidence from the start of the session, with the drivers in Q1 trying to keep as many new sets of the faster medium tyres for the race as possible.
As a result, the frontrunners tried to get through Q1 using the hard tyres only. The Toro Rosso, Force India and Sauber teams used the medium tyres to go through to Q2, whereas the others ran only the hard compound.
From that point, all the drivers used the medium tyre from Q2 onwards – with the regulations stating that the tyre set used by the top 10 on the grid to set their fastest times in Q2 is the one that they will start the race on. Consequently, drivers had to take particular care of the second set used in Q2, while trying to set the best time possible to get through to the final top 10...
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