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Spa: Qualifying: Hamilton beats Vettel in the wet

Rain is the great leveller in Formula 1 and when it came down during the final phase of qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix, it was Lewis Hamilton who seized the opportunity to claim his sixth pole position start of the season beating Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari who had the upper hand until Q3. The final stanza of the session descended into chaos as the rain pelted down and the track became very wet very fast, even on inters there were treacherous places that caught just about everybody out at some point. With the track drying, it was down to every driver's last effort and the one who dug the deepest was Hamilton who powered around in a best lap of 1:58.179 which was seven-tenths...
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