Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton took pole position for the Malaysian Grand Prix on Saturday to tie the record for most qualifying wins by a British driver in Formula One. Tropical rains delayed the start of qualifying for 50 minutes, but even the wet track at the Sepang International Circuit could not prevent Mercedes continuing the dominance it had shown all weekend as Hamilton made it back-to-back poles to start the new season. Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel came close, but finished five hundredths of a second behind Hamilton and just in front of Mercedes' Nico Rosberg, who qualified third. Hamilton's pole was the 33rd of his career, bringing him level with former world champion Jim Clark...
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