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Vettel says Hamilton "owned pole position"
Sebastian Vettel admits he had no chance of beating Lewis Hamilton's laptime in the final segment of qualifying for the British Grand Prix. Vettel was 0.199s off Hamilton's initial Q3 benchmark at the halfway point in the segment, but while the Briton found more than six tenths in his second run to claim a dominant pole position, the German could only post a marginal improvement. It was enough to take him past Valtteri Bottas on the timing screens as he finished third, trailing Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen by two tenths and Hamilton by 0.756s. Asked whether he had any chance of matching Hamilton's benchmark, Vettel said: "No. I think the time he put in at the end was very strong....
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