IMAGE: Pole position qualifier Valtteri Bottas of Finland and Mercedes GP celebrates. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Pool via Getty Images
Valtteri Bottas took pole position for Formula One’s 70th Anniversary Grand Prix ahead of championship-leading Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton on Saturday.
German stand-in Nico Hulkenberg qualified his Racing Point in third place, with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen joining him on the second row.