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Lewis hamilton he can breathe and maintain his record pole position in Sochi. The British driver has not suffered any sanction after the inadequate cut of turn 2 of Q3 and can celebrate one more result that is framed this season, which projects him more and more to the Olympus of Formula 1.
Hamilton, no penalty after investigation
“It was one of the toughest qualifiers I can remember, with my heart in my mouth the whole time. But I’m happy that everyone managed to stay calm, because it could have been much, much worse – said Hamilton – Q2 was very demanding, my first attempt was taken away from me for having exceeded the limits of the track in the last corner. The team took me inside to refuel and put the new tires on, but when I was on the second try the red flag went up. At the restart we were all very close and I had to pass some cars in the last sector, but I still lost time behind a Renault. As soon as I heard Bono say ‘come on, come on, come on’ I sped up to try to cross the finish line before the checkered flag ”.
“Valtteri had been strong all weekend so I had no choice but to push myself during Q3 – added the Mercedes driver – The first lap of the last heat was really good and I thought it would be difficult to improve, but I managed to qualify again on the second attempt. It’s good to take pole, but this track is probably the worst to start from the front because of the long straight to the first stop. Thus, I expect a tough fight at Turn 2 and a demanding race, especially since I start on the soft tire., which is a good compound for the beginning but the worst for the initial period. Tonight we will sit down and try to understand what is the best approach for the race ”.
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