Lewis Hamilton admits a "messy" qualifying put paid to his hopes of claiming a record-equalling seventh Canadian GP pole - but the world championship leader believes all is not lost yet ahead of Sunday's race. Hamilton qualified only fourth in Montreal, three places behind closest title rival Sebastian Vettel and also two spots adrift of team-mate Valtteri Bottas who came within a tenth of denying the Ferrari the fastest time. While Mercedes have conceded their decision to bring fewer sets of F1's fastest tyre, the hypersoft, to the weekend has proved costly in hindsight, Hamilton still believes he could have extracted a pole time from the W09 had he not been struggling in what he...
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