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Magnussen calls fifth place ‘pole position' for Haas

After finishing 'best of the rest', Kevin Magnussen called his fifth place in qualifying for the Russian Grand Prix 'pole position' for the Haas F1 Team. Magnussen was the only non-Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport or Scuderia Ferrari driver to get within two seconds of Valtteri Bottas‘s pole position time at the Sochi Autodrom. The Dane qualified two-tenths quicker than closest rival Esteban Ocon and over half-a-second ahead of Haas team-mate Romain Grosjean. Whilst maintaining the fact that he is satisfied with the result, Magnussen said that his best lap 'could've been better' but for suffering with a bout of wheelspin following a overzealous meeting with the kerbs at Turn 2....
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