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Leclerc fends off Hamilton to take fourth pole in a row
Charles Leclerc pulled off another stunning pole lap in qualifying for the 2019 Russian Grand Prix at Sochi Autodrom. It's his fourth pole in a row: the last time a Ferrari driver pulled that off was Michael Schumacher in 2001. Leclerc's time of 1:31.628s was four tenths quicker than Mercedes Lewis Hamilton, who had to dig deep to find the time he needed to deny Sebastian Vettel a front row starting spot for Sunday's race. Max Verstappen was fourth fastest in the session but will start five spots further back for the race due to grid penalties. That promotes Valtteri Bottas to fourth ahead of Carlos Sainz and Nico Hulkenberg. Alexander Albon failed to make it out of Q1 after triggering a...
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