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Leclerc left guessing by poor visibility in qualifying

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc overcame major problems with visibility in the setting sun in Melbourne to pull off a decisive final flying lap in Saturday's qualifying session that clinched pole position for the Australian Grand Prix. Leclerc had only been third fastest in both Q1 and Q2 and seemed set to be pipped to the top spot by Red Bull's Max Verstappen in the final minutes of the final top ten pole shoot-out round. But the Monegasque pulled off an impressive final flier to record a time of 1:17.868s that put him almost three tenths of a second clear, a margin that surprised even him. Read also: Leclerc takes pole in Australia after disrupted qualifying "It felt good - even more...
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