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Hamilton bemoans starting tyres after ‘horrible' qualifying

Lewis Hamilton clinched his 96th career pole position but did so in dramatic style ahead of the Russian Grand Prix.  Hamilton had a lap time deleted during Q2 and was told to come into the Mercedes garage for a fresh set of tyres rather than stay out for another early attempt. But a crash from Sebastian Vettel caused the latest red flagged session in Formula 1 and left Hamilton with just over two minutes to begin his next Q2 lap once the session resumed. Hamilton had to overcome traffic and running wide on his out-lap on cold tyres to make the cut-off point by a mere 1.25 seconds. The six-time World Champion then had it all of his own way again in Q3 as he bagged pole position by half a...
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