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Hamilton drove ‘the nuts off' W11 for pole

Lewis Hamilton said he had to drive the 'nuts' off his Mercedes W11 to snatch pole from Valtteri Bottas for the Portuguese Grand Prix. Bottas had topped all of the free practice sessions at the Algarve International Circuit heading into qualifying, but it was Hamilton who got the job done when it mattered most to take pole number 97 of his career by 0.102s over his Mercedes team-mate. 'I can't tell you how hard that was today,' Hamilton told Sky F1 after qualifying. 'Yes, we've got a great car, but you have to drive the nuts off of it to pull out a lap, and Valtteri has been so quick this weekend, you've seen he's topped every session, so I've just been digging and digging and digging...
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