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Hamilton: Party-Mode something someone else made up

In the wake of claiming his 94th pole position in Formula 1, Lewis Hamilton played down the importance of the now-banned ‘party-mode' that the big teams unleashed in qualifying, even suggesting they do not exist. After powering around Monza in qualifying faster than anyone ever has in an F1 car to nab the top spot start for Sunday's Italian Grand Prix, despite the ban on the go-faster gizmos that were typically pulled out of the toy-box in Q3. But this time out there was none of that and it did not matter an iota. The Mercs were in another league all afternoon. Asked about the absence of ‘party-mode' during the post-qualy press conference, Hamilton said, 'I don’t think we...
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