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Hamilton: My lap pole-worthy but beaten by Ferrari’s “jet mode”
Lewis Hamilton feels he got close to perfection with his final qualifying lap at the Russian Grand Prix but still missed out on pole position by over four-tenths of a second due to what he called Ferrari’s “jet mode” to excel on the straights. The Mercedes driver has split the Ferrari duo with Charles Leclerc taking his fourth consecutive pole position while Sebastian Vettel has been shuffled back to third place on the grid in Russia. Hamilton says there was little he could do to fight against Ferrari’s superior power and top speed on the straights at Sochi, which Mercedes estimates to be worth up to 0.8s per lap, but was pleased with his qualifying efforts for second place...
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