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Hamilton on pole in Melbourne

Lewis Hamilton took a stunning pole position for Mercedes at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix as McLaren-Honda qualified last. The world champion beat team-mate Nico Rosberg by more than half a second as Mercedes utterly dominated. Williams's Felipe Massa beat Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel to third. Meanwhile, McLaren produced their worst performance for six years as their big-budget new engine partnership with Honda got off to a terrible start. Hamilton's brilliant lap was 0.594 seconds quicker than Rosberg and a massive 1.391secs clear of Massa as Mercedes confirmed pre-season impressions that they will be virtually unbeatable again this season. Williams driver Felipe Massa will...
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