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Ferrari blunder gifts Suzuka pole to Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton eased to pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix, with near-comical strategy from Ferrari costing Sebastian Vettel once again. Vettel will start the race ninth after Ferrari badly misjudged when rain would arrive in the top-10 shootout, striking another self-inflicted blow in the title race. Ferrari emerged for the start of Q3 with intermediate tyres fitted – but the rain was yet to fall and Hamilton was able to put in a time of one minute 27.760 seconds on supersoft tyres. Once Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen dived into the pits for slick rubber, the rain began to fall and both drivers had their laps ruined by the slippery track at Spoon. More to follow...
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