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Hamilton narrowly avoids P15 after ‘horrible' qualifying session

Russian Grand Prix – Lewis Hamilton took his eighth pole of the season despite being seconds away from not getting a lap in during Q2. Qualifying had been progressing as usual for Hamilton until his first Q2 lap, a 1:32.085, was deleted by the stewards as the Mercedes went wide at the final corner and all four tyres were outside track limits.  In an uneventful session this wouldn’t have been too much of an issue however when Sebastian Vettel crashed, the session was red flagged, just as Hamilton was gearing up for another quick lap, to clear the Ferrari and its scattered bodywork off the track.  “The first one I got the time taken away,” said Hamilton. “Which is the first...
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