Lewis Hamilton powered to pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix as Mercedes stuck the knife into Ferrari who botched qualifying as they got the timing all wrong with rain looming and on occasions spitting and as a result Sebastian Vettel who ended the session down in ninth. For Hamilton, it will be his 80th pole position start on Sunday, the Mercedes driver claiming top spot on the timing screens with a best lap time of 1:27.760, a quarter of a second faster than teammate Valtteri Bottas making it another Mercedes front row lock-out. The World Champion team can take full credit for ensuring their drivers were serviced and sent out on track in Q3 at a crucial time, just before the...
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