Stroll on pole for 2020 Turkish Grand Prix

I don’t think anyone could have predicted the outcome of Qualifying for the 2020 Turkish Grand Prix with Lance Stroll taking pole.

Producing the best lap of his career, in the wet conditions, it really was a shock result for Qualifying but also a great twist – giving the fans of the sport some excitement for the race start.

We have qualifying being stopped due to the conditions and throughout the weekend, especially during Q1 and Q2, it looked set to be going to the Red Bull team, primarily Max Verstappen although Alex Albon seemed to find the pace, pushing his car (and team-mate) in the challenging track conditions. 

However, we saw both Racing Point cars making their way through (once the intermediate tyres were added) and setting great lap times with Lance Stroll producing the best lap of his career, even though I’d still say he hasn’t quite proved himself as a consistently strong driver.

Look at Max Verstappen and you’ll see that he has proved himself and as I’ve said before, give him a championship-winning car and he’ll be a tough driver to beat….

Turkish Grand Prix Qualifying results + timing.

POS	NO	DRIVER	CAR	Q1	Q2	Q3	LAPS
1	18	Lance Stroll	RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES	2:07.467	1:53.372	1:47.765	22
2	33	Max Verstappen	RED BULL RACING HONDA	1:57.485	1:50.293	1:48.055	26
3	11	Sergio Perez	RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES	2:07.614	1:54.097	1:49.321	21
4	23	Alexander Albon	RED BULL RACING HONDA	1:59.431	1:52.282	1:50.448	26
5	3	Daniel Ricciardo	RENAULT	2:05.598	1:54.278	1:51.595	26
6	44	Lewis Hamilton	MERCEDES	2:07.599	1:52.709	1:52.560	23
7	31	Esteban Ocon	RENAULT	2:06.115	1:53.657	1:52.622	26
8	7	Kimi Räikkönen	ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI	2:01.249	1:53.793	1:52.745	27
9	77	Valtteri Bottas	MERCEDES	2:07.001	1:53.767	1:53.258	23
10	99	Antonio Giovinazzi	ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI	2:07.341	1:53.431	1:57.226	26
11	4	Lando Norris	MCLAREN RENAULT	2:07.167	1:54.945		18
12	5	Sebastian Vettel	FERRARI	2:03.356	1:55.169		18
13	55	Carlos Sainz	MCLAREN RENAULT	2:07.489	1:55.410		18
14	16	Charles Leclerc	FERRARI	2:04.464	1:56.696		18
15	10	Pierre Gasly	ALPHATAURI HONDA	2:05.579	1:58.556		17
16	20	Kevin Magnussen	HAAS FERRARI	2:08.007			10
17	26	Daniil Kvyat	ALPHATAURI HONDA	2:09.070			8
18	63	George Russell	WILLIAMS MERCEDES	2:10.017			9
19	8	Romain Grosjean	HAAS FERRARI	2:12.909			7
20	6	Nicholas Latifi	WILLIAMS MERCEDES	2:21.611			9

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