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Hamilton takes Malaysian GP pole, as Vettel splits Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton will start from pole position for the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang in a rain-affected session. The track was flooded ahead of Q3, and the session was delayed to allow the standing water to drain away. Cars went out on a mixture of wet and intermediate tyres, but the track dried quickly once Q3 began and those on wets quickly bailed for inters. Rosberg set an initial 1:51.066 before Hamilton responded with a fantastic 1:49.834, which put him over a second clear at the top and 2s ahead of Max Verstappen in P4 at the time. The laptimes were always going to tumble as the surface dried, but surprisingly nobody could beat Hamilton's time. On a second set of inters, Rosberg...
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