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Lewis Hamilton: Start of final push lap was pretty shocking

Lewis Hamilton described the start of his final push lap in Q3 as “pretty shocking” after missing out on pole position for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix to Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas. Hamilton held provisional pole after the first Q3 laps – four-tenths clear of his opponents – but lost three-tenths of a second in the opening sector of his second effort. Hamilton improved his overall time, but fell 0.059s short of the time set by team-mate Bottas, who vaulted from third to first to seal his second pole position in as many grands prix. “Valtteri did an exceptional job, it’s a great result for us as a team,” said Hamilton. “Coming here it...
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