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Lewis Hamilton beats Valtteri Bottas to Spanish GP pole position

Lewis Hamilton beat Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas to pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix as the reigning champions locked out the front row of the grid. Hamilton laid down a benchmark in Q3 with a 1:16.491 as all six contenders ran the Supersofts, before their strategies diverged for the second runs. Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen, having held only fifth and seventh – the Finn erring at Turn 1 – elected to take on Softs, a tactic also employed by Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo, who held third. Both Mercedes drivers made gains on their second runs, with Hamilton clocking a 1:16.173s, a new track record, while Bottas lifted himself from fourth to second. Vettel...
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