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Hamilton says Baku pole lap was "do or die"
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton described his Azerbaijan GP pole lap as “do or die”, having overhauled teammate Valtteri Bottas at the very end of the Q3 shoot-out. Hamilton, who had crashed in Q3 during the inaugural Baku F1 race last year, looked like he'd miss out on pole again this time around, as he trailed Bottas after a mistake on his first flying lap in the final segment. But while a red flag triggered by Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo scuppered his second effort, Hamilton was left with enough time to have another go after the session restarted – and duly beat Bottas by 0.434s to score his 66th pole in F1. "It was do or die," Hamilton said in the post-qualifying press...
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