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Hamilton strikes back with stunning Bahrain pole

Lewis Hamilton will start the Bahrain Grand Prix from pole position after dragging himself off the back foot to deny team-mate Nico Rosberg the top spot by less than a tenth. As the heavily panned elimination qualifying format got its closely-observed second outing, Hamilton came into the session seemingly chasing his team-mate Nico Rosberg, only to then put himself under more pressure when he ran wide out of the final corner on his first flying lap in Q3. Forcing him to go out again or face starting fourth, the defending champion nonetheless hit straight back by hooking up a magnificent lap in the Mercedes W07. Saving himself from elimination to go top with a 1min 29.493secs lap, the...
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