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Leclerc blows competition away to take pole at Sochi

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc is becoming the qualifying reference this season as he secured his 4th straight pole position. Lewis Hamilton surprised himself to take second while Sebastian Vettel in third was disappointed not to have done better. On the back of a very successful final practice session, Ferrari were out early in qualifying to get the first session done as soon as possible. After times from both Williams drivers, Leclerc went fastest on soft tyres. Vettel went on for another 2 laps, but he failed to make the soft tyre gamble work, ending up 5s slower than Leclerc's effort. Traffic and a yellow flag caused by Kubica missing a corner didn't help Vettel's case for sure. Halfway...
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