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Hamilton lauds ‘fantastic’ track after just missing pole

Lewis Hamilton admits missing out on so much running in FP2 was costly after he missed out on pole position to Max Verstappen at the Dutch Grand Prix by just 0.038s. Verstappen had looked quickest throughout much of the weekend and appeared set for a comfortable pole during qualifying until the final runs in Q3 when Hamilton came extremely close to topping the home favorite. Having stopped on track with a power unit issue in FP2 and missed plenty of running at a track Formula 1 hasn’t raced on for over 30 years, the championship leader says it hurt his chances of taking pole. “Max did an amazing lap and I was so close,” Hamilton said. “Obviously, with yesterday’s session missed,...
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