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Hamilton fires to inaugural Sochi pole
Lewis Hamilton will start the inaugural Russian Grand Prix from pole position having edged his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg at the new Sochi street circuit.
Rosberg had topped the timesheets briefly in the final segment of qualifying, but two strong runs from Hamilton saw him shoot to his seventh pole of the season.
Hamilton ended the session with a personal best of 1:38.513s exactly two tenths quicker than his title rival Rosberg.
Once again the Williams of Valtteri Bottas proved to be the best of the rest in third with the Finn only four tenths adrift of the Mercedes pair.
McLaren's improved showing continued into qualifying with Jenson Button securing fourth on the grid with...
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