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Hamilton takes pole amid farcical qualifying scenes

 XPB Images Lewis Hamilton took pole position for the Australian Grand Prix as the new elimination qualifying format let to confusion and a farcical end. The session was decided nearly five minutes before the end of Q3 as the elimination format limited who could improve. With both Ferraris deciding not to go back out after their first laps in the final part of qualifying, Hamilton set a 1:28.837 to beat team-mate Nico Rosberg by nearly 0.4s and end the session. Sebastian Vettel will start from third and Kimi Raikkonen fourth, but Ferrari could not mount a serious challenge to Mercedes as Vettel ended up 0.8s adrift of Hamilton. An error from Rosberg on his first run had left him...
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