Qualifying - 65th pole puts Hamilton level with Senna
A thrilling Canadian Grand Prix is in prospect tomorrow after Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel battled for pole position, but it was not his unreal speed that left the Mercedes driver speechless as he beat his Ferrari rival. It was the presentation, in front of thousands of fans, of a real Ayrton Senna helmet from the Senna family as he matched his idol’s second-place record of 65 pole positions, only three adrift of Michael Schumacher’s record.
After holding it aloft in its glass box, Hamilton admitted: “I’m shaken. Speechless. I know that Ayrton was for many of you your favourite driver, and he was the same for me. He was the one who inspired me today, so to match him and to receive this is a great honour. To Ayrton and his family, God bless you, thank you.”