Hamilton calls first Ferrari pole a dream come true and takes the fight to Turn 1
Lewis Hamilton took his first Ferrari pole at the Mexico City Grand Prix, the 105th of his career, and described the lap as a childhood dream come true. At 41 he became the oldest polesitter in the sport for 44 years; he starts alongside Russell.

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Lewis Hamilton descreveu a primeira pole pela Ferrari como a realização de um sonho de infância, depois de superar George Russell, da Mercedes, no GP da Cidade do México e ampliar para 105 o recorde da carreira.
Hamilton e Michael Schumacher dividem o recorde de sete títulos de pilotos, e o alemão construiu a maior parte deles na Ferrari, vencendo cinco seguidos a partir de 2000. Essa linhagem estava na cabeça do piloto de 41 anos depois da classificação.
“Conquistar a pole, finalmente conseguir uma pole pela Ferrari, me leva de volta a quando eu era criança e ficava no sofá vendo o Michael conquistar aquelas poles, pensando em como seria legal fazer isso. Era um sonho que minha família compartilhava comigo”, disse.
Foi a primeira pole dele em mais de três anos, e o tornou o mais velho a largar na frente na categoria em 44 anos. Jenson Button, campeão mundial de 2009 e ex-companheiro de equipe, achou que a volta mostrou um piloto no controle: Hamilton estava quatro décimos atrás de Charles Leclerc no início do Q3, mas produziu a volta mais rápida do fim de semana no momento decisivo.
Ele larga na primeira fila com Russell, os dois únicos que podem impedir Kimi Antonelli de conquistar o título no domingo, já que o piloto da Mercedes precisa apenas de um resultado entre os nove primeiros. A arrancada até a primeira curva no Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez sempre traz risco, e o pole tem de lidar com carros pegando vácuo atrás dele.
“É uma descida longa até a curva 1 — bem difícil. Não é um lugar ruim para estar em primeiro, mas as pessoas podem pegar vácuo em você”, disse Hamilton, acrescentando que seus dados de corrida longa são escassos porque um problema de motor nos treinos custou-lhe uma simulação de corrida, então ele terá de se adaptar na hora e deixar o carro o mais largo possível.
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