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Qualy: Hamilton on pole with new Suzuka record

Lewis Hamilton claimed his first pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix, shattering the lap record with Sebastian Vettel joining him on the front row of the grid. The Mercedes driver was the man to beat on the supersoft tyres as he threw down a marker in Q2 with a 1:27.819. Purple in his first run in Q3, he posted a 1:27.345 to take provisional pole by almost half a second up on Vettel. Hamilton bettered his time on his second run to a 1:27.319, claiming pole position by 0.332s up on Valtteri Bottas.  Bottas, who is facing a grid penalty for a gearbox change, ran the soft tyres in Q2 which means he'll start on that rubber come Sunday's Japanese GP. Vettel fell to third but will...
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