ewis Hamilton hailed Mercedes' turnaround following practice struggles at the Malaysian Grand Prix as he claimed his ninth pole position of the campaign during qualifying.Hamilton held only sixth position on Friday and lamented a "very difficult" day, as Mercedes attempted to understand the deficit of its W08.Hamilton opted not to run with Mercedes' updates in third practice and emerged as a contender through qualifying, aided by Sebastian Vettel being sidelined by an engine issue.Hamilton surged to the top with his first Q3 effort, setting a 1.30.076, and that benchmark was not beaten, with Kimi Räikkönen falling just 0.045s shy of dislodging the Briton."Today we had no...
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