Valtteri Bottas pips Lewis Hamilton to pole position in Italy

Formula One returned to Imola, the track which claimed Ayrton Senna’s life 26 years ago

Valtteri Bottas took pole in Italy. Picture: Miguel Medina/AP

Valtteri Bottas denied Lewis Hamilton pole position for Sunday’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix after beating his Mercedes team-mate by just 0.097 seconds.

On Formula One’s return to Imola, the track which claimed Ayrton Senna’s life 26 years ago, Bottas pulled out the stops to see off Hamilton with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen third.