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Sainz aiming to 'put up a fight' from front row

Ferrari hadn't been looking on course for a starring role in this weekend's Russian Grand Prix, but that all changed with an opportunistic tyre gamble at the end of qualifying which succeeded in putting Carlos Sainz on the front row of the grid for the start of Sunday's race Sainz had been seventh in both of Friday's free practice sessions, and he only survived the cut at the end of the second round of qualifying by less then a tenth of a second. But with the wet track at Sochi Autodrom quickly drying, Sainz was able to take a crucial gamble by switching from the intermediate tyres to a set of the slick soft compound for his final run of the day. Read also: Norris sweeps to maiden pole...
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