GPI 2017 Australian Grand Prx | Page 179

ROUND 1, 2017 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX Bottas was first on track in Q3 and when he crossed the line at the end of his opening lap the time on the board was a 1:22.798. The Finn had made a slight mistake at the very end of the lap, however, and thus he was quickly beaten by Vettel with a time of 1:22.796. Hamilton though was pushing hard and he powered past Vettel to claim provisional pole by a full three tenths of a second. GPI