Singapore polesitter Lewis Hamilton has admitted he thought his chances of setting the pace in qualifying had gone when he locked up his tyres at the start of his final lap in the gripping night-time session. For one of the first times in dry conditions this season it had looked as though Mercedes, polesitters at all but one race this year, might be outpaced over a single lap as Ferrari, Red Bull and Williams all took the fight to the hitherto all-conquering Silver Arrows' in a thrilling Q3.Indeed, both Hamilton and team-mate Nico Rosberg were placed outside the top five after the first runs in the final shootout such was the competitive pace Mercedes' rivals were suddenly showing on the...
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