Ross Brawn insists Mercedes won't compromise development on their 2014 car despite the team having further burnished their credentials as serious contenders for this year's championship in qualifying at Spa. From what through free practice had appeared unpromising beginnings, and then wildly changing conditions during qualifying, Lewis Hamilton brilliantly emerged right at the end of Q3 to secure his fourth straight pole and Mercedes' eighth in the last nine grands prix. Although the team's qualifying dominance is now well-established, Hamilton's victory at the last race in Hungary also underlined the team's fast-improving race performances and any win for the Briton on Sunday would be the...
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