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Hamilton: Suzuka pole proof Mercedes a better team than Ferrari
Lewis Hamilton said that his Japanese Grand Prix pole position, made easier by Ferrari's latest strategy blunder, is proof that Mercedes are a better team than their championship rivals. Hamilton's drivers' championship rival Sebastian Vettel will start ninth at Suzuka after the Scuderia messed up their top-10 shootout tyre strategy. Ferrari fitted intermediate tyres to Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen as rain threatened Q3, but the pair had to pit after one lap as the track remained dry. While they dithered, Hamilton clocked one minute 27.760 seconds to take pole by almost exactly three tenths from Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas. Once the Ferraris were on-track with slicks, the rain...
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