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Vettel says Hamilton's Q2 lap ended Ferrari hopes
Sebastian Vettel says his hopes of securing pole position at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix had begun to fade as early as Q2 at the Yas Marina Circuit. Pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton signalled his intent with a lap record time set on the medium compound of the weekend – a lap that sowed the seeds of doubt in Vettel's mind. With ultrasoft tyres on, Hamilton clocked 1:35.693 – almost seven tenths clear of the sister Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas and more than a second quicker than Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen could manage in the Ferraris. Even with hypersoft tyres on, Max Verstappen could only close to within four tenths and Hamilton went on to lower the record to 1:34.794 to take pole, with...
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