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Australian GP: Hamilton takes first pole of F1 2017
Lewis Hamilton will start the Australian Grand Prix from pole position, as Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel beat Valtteri Bottas to the other front row starting spot. Hamilton was three tenths up on Vettel after the first runs in Q3, with Bottas just two thousandths of a second slower in third, before Daniel Ricciardo crashed his Red Bull heavily at Turn 14, causing the session to be stopped while marshals cleared the wreckage. Hamilton went even faster on his final run once the session resumed, sealing pole position with a 1m22.188s lap – the fastest ever recorded by an F1 car around Melbourne’s Albert Park circuit. Bottas initially moved up to second despite a scruffy final flying lap,...
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