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Lance Stroll claimed an astonishing first F1 pole position on Saturday in a crazy weather-hit Turkish Grand Prix qualifying. While Racing Point driver celebrated wildly over the team radio,
six-time world champion Lewis Hamilton qualified only sixth for a race likely to crown him world champion for a record-equalling seventh time. Hamilton's Mercedes team-mate and sole
title rival Valtteri Bottas will line up ninth. The Silver Arrows, whose pole run extended back to the 2019 season-ender in Abu Dhabi, never looked in contention on a track returning for the
first time since 2011 but made slippery by rain and newly-laid asphalt. Stroll, who has come back from missing a race and testing positive for COVID-19, stepped up when it mattered as
Racing Point timed the switch from wet to intermediate tyres to perfection. "I can't put it into words right now. I'm shocked. I didn't expect to be here," said
Stroll. READ MORE: TURKISH GRAND PRIX QUALIFYING RESULTS IN FULL: STROLL SEALS SHOCK POLE TURKISH GRAND PRIX STARTING GRID 1 Lance Stroll, Racing Point 2 Max Verstappen, Red Bull 3 Sergio
Pérez, Racing Point 4 Alexander Albon, Red Bull 5 Daniel Ricciardo, Renault 6 Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes 7 Esteban Ocon, Renault 8 Kimi Räikkönen, Alfa Romeo 9 Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes 10
Antonio Giovinazzi, Alfa Romeo 11 Lando Norris, McLaren 12 Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari 13 Carlos Sainz, McLaren 14 Charles Leclerc, Ferrari 15 Pierre Gasly, AlphaTauri 16 Kevin Magnussen, Haas
17 Daniil Kvyat, AlphaTauri 18 George Russell, Williams 19 Romain Grosjean, Haas 20 Nicholas Latifi, Williams