Valtteri Bottas believes getting a vital tow during his final qualifying lap was vital to hand him pole position for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix ah𒆙ead of Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton.

In a repeat front row from the last race in China, Bottas will start from🧜 pole ﷽position for Mercedes thanks to his last Q3 lap of 1m 40.495s which saw him edge out Hamilton by just 0.059s.

Having overhauled a deficit to Ferrari, which expanded to almost 1.5s after FP3, Bottas feels he got his final run hooked up perfectly but the key was gaining a tow off the McLaren of Lando Norris directly in front of him in the run do🐻wn the long Baku City Circuit straigh♔t.

“I am really happy for pol🦩e, it is a nice feeling to get it on the last lap,” Bottas said. “It was a nice last lap and like I said Ferrari have been really strong. Obviously Charles is out with a mistake but as🐭 a team we did a really good job to be where we are now after such a difficult practice.

“It is all about small margins and I did get a good tow on 🙈that last lap. Of course, the corners I have to drive as well. It is all about small 𝕴details and I managed to hit the sweet spot.

“It was getting trickier and trickier and we are not supposed to race that late here b🃏ut I got them to work somehow.”

It marks t♓he Finn’s firs🐼t pole position in Baku as he looks to complete unfinished business in Azerbaijan after cruelly being denied victory 12 months ago as he suffered a tyre puncture while leading with just a handful of laps to go.