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Lewis Hamilton flies to France pole in Mercedes front row lockout

Reigning World Champion Lewis Hamilton collected his third pole position of the season in a Mercedes front-row lockout at the French Grand Prix. Hamilton led the way through all three segments of qualifying and laid down a benchmark with a time of 1:30.222, a tenth clear of Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas. Bottas inched ahead of Hamilton on his final Q3 push lap but the Briton responded, coming across the line with a time of 1:30.029, 0.118s quicker. Points leader Sebastian Vettel was third as his attempt at denying Mercedes a front-row lockout proved fruitless, running wide through Sainte Baume on his final effort. Red Bull took fourth and fifth, Max Verstappen in front of Daniel...
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