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Hamilton: ‘Pretty shocking’ first sector cost me Baku pole
Formula 1 championship leader Lewis Hamilton says a “pretty shocking” first sector was the key to him missing out on pole position during Azerbaijan Grand Prix qualifying. Hamilton had led the way after the opening salvo of runs in Q3 but it was Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas who pipped him to a second consecutive pole right at the end of a dramatic session that had already seen pre-qualifying favourite Charles Leclerc crash out. The reigning world champion turned in a scruffy first sector split before recovering time in the rest of the lap, but it was not enough as he wound up 0.059s shy of claiming pole. “Firstly, Valtteri did an exceptional job and it was a great result for us...
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