Lewis Hamilton's Pole Lap | 2018 United States Grand Prix

Watch how title-chasing Lewis Hamilton pipped Sebastian Vettel in Austin to take his 81st career pole.

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[taldo]

I'm always amazed how he keeps adjusting his settings on his steering wheel while he is driving on the limit.

[TheRacingBro]

The last sector was absolute Hammer Time

[kimiraikkonen]

Bwoah I will overtake him first corner tomorrow

[jankuschef]

It's important (I think) to remember here that while only Lewis's lap gets posted, Vettel's lap was a blink of an eye slower and incredibly skillfully handled. That being said, Lewis is fucking fantastic here. Notable points for me are the esses in the beginning - the way he winds down the gears so fluidly and manages exit torque is awesome. However, the star is S3 and everybody knows it. What kills me is 1:08 and 1:16 - the way he manages those exits is literally flawless. Probably something to do with his incredibly precise management of the brake bias, because the suspension gives him 101% on exit in those two corners. Watch the rotation and the throttle application. Just as you think he's leaning too hard, he picks up power and opens the steering and he gets. literally. the. perfect. balance. on. acceleration. Unbelievable. The car comes around, gets traction, and is up through gears with a single hesitation. The car was perfectly set up and he mastered it. Also: hats off to the track, because even this perfectly setup car was tricky through turn 9. The negative camber, falling track and gnarly curb placement in a high downforce section forces the driver to commit, and even Lewis couldn't prevent minor understeer. Yes, of course I'm a Hamilton fan... but this is why. He's so damn fun to watch drive.

[tetra]

Another Masterclass from Lewis, 81 poles and counting wow!

[armchairracer]

I love the way the car floats over the curbs from 0:23 to 0:28

[ESCAPE]

0:37 in F1 2018 that would have invalid my lap time 😂

[ShEr-etmk]

The last sector won him the pole
Pole master Hamilton

[Mububban]

My head almost fell of my neck when he was going through those S's, just watching it on the screen made my neck muscles cry out for mercy!!!

[jptothetree]

Absolutely insane precision to get such ridiculous speed! Amazing drive.

[johnberger]

I saw Lewis get the pole at the track today. Hopefully he can lock up the World Championship tomorrow so I can witness history in person.

[DJcurryblaster]

The amount of people complaining about how Lewis went wide, Cmon you are allowed to exceed the track limits at turn 9. I am pretty sure most of the drivers did the same. So stop moaning.

[RaldoBot]

The best sounding F1 car since the v10s and you can’t change my mind

[mangamaster]

This track's flow is out of this world

[Ross_On_Drums]

That last sector was laughably awesome, 👏 Looking forward to tomorrow!

[Otis]

He is just simply the best ever. Already beaten schumachers poles record, on way to beating schumachers “unbreakable” wins record. He is the best of all time. Just listen to Alonso at press conference, was killing it still 2009 when Mclaren weren’t challenging red bull

[sourmyth]

The car just goes flatout through the s sections it's insane.

[Alengius]

Weather you love him or hate him...he is undeniably the best...just the best, wow!!!

[sarangsharma]

he makes it look so easy because it was flawless, no mistakes

[Zarar]

Each and every Lewis's pole laps were fantastic, most remarkably the 2018 and 2020 ones.