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After his amazing Emilia Romagna Grand Prix qualifying performance Lewis Hamilton was asked to describe the thrill of a qualifying lap around Imola.
In 2020, due to problems brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Imola track has returned to the Formula 1 calendar for the first time since 2006. Nevertheless, the drivers have always loved racing on the legendary circuit.
After his amazing pole lap in qualifying, Lewis Hamilton described the feeling of driving around Imola.
“It’s incredibly fast here and the speeds that we are doing and the accuracy we need,” said the Briton.
“I mean, you saw with Lando [Norris, whose pole lap was deleted due to exceeding track limits], a couple of inches to the right and you’re off track and over the track limits and you really need to use every inch of the road.
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“And the speed that we’re travelling through those first couple of corners – it’s all medium and high-speed corners here, there are no real slow corners – it’s phenomenal.
“It’s a beautiful lap. And it’s obviously got the history. I remember watching Mika [Häkkinen] and Ayrton [Senna] and Michael [Schumacher] here.
“So it’s pretty phenomenal to come to a circuit like this and have a good day like today,” concluded the seven-time champion.
