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Vettel Captures Pole In Baku, Mistake Costs Räikkönen Dearly

Scuderia Ferrari‘s Sebastian Vettel captured pole position ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as team-mate Kimi Räikkönen made a late error which cost potential pole for the Finnish driver. Räikkönen set the fastest first and second sector on his final lap and was on course to take pole away from Vettel, but a mistake thanks to the tailwind at turn sixteen prevented the Finnish driver from improving his lap and qualified down in sixth place. Four-time world champion Vettel has now grabbed pole for the past three races, the first time he's done this since 2013. Vettel will start ahead of both Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport cars of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas. The top...
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