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Pole and lap record for Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton set a new lap record at Suzuka as the Mercedes driver strengthened his grip on the F1 title race by claiming a dominant pole position for Sunday's Japanese GP. Hamilton's pole lap of 1:27.319 was nearly 1.5 seconds faster than the previous record, a 1:28.954 held by Michael Schumacher. Remarkably, Hamilton's pole position was the first of his career at Suzuka and means he has claimed pole at every circuit currently on the F1 calendar. But despite being half a second slower than Hamilton, Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel will start the race alongside his world championship rival on the front row. Valtteri Bottas was second quickest in the session, three tenths down on Hamilton, but...
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