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Hamilton happy with pole as Mercedes admit tyre strategy error
Lewis Hamilton says he is relieved to have secured pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix and admitted that Mercedes had gone wrong in their tyre strategy, selecting too few sets of the hypersoft tyre compared to their rivals. To even the playing field, Mercedes risked an embarrassing elimination in Q1 by running the ultrasoft tyres in the first session with everyone else opting for the faster hypersoft tyres. The gamble paid off but only just, with Hamilton ending the session down in P14 and just two positions away from being knocked out in the first stage of qualifying. Hamilton said after the session finished and he had secured pole that he was relieved to have taken pole after the...
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