Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton raced to his second straight pole position of the 2014 season and his 33rd overall in a rain-delayed qualifying session in Sepang on Saturday.With heavy rain making conditions treacherous, it was Hamilton who came to the fore, producing a scintillating lap to edge Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel for P1 and pull level with the great Jim Clark as Britain’s best qualifier. The rain began falling heavily around 35 minutes before the start of qualifying, and so it was no surprise when the scheduled start of Q1 at 16.00 was initially delayed 15 minutes, and then again in 15-minute chunks, until conditions were finally deemed acceptable for a start at 16.50....
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