Already feeling despondent following the grid penalty that will see him start tomorrow's Grand Prix from the fourth row, Daniel Ricciardo's hopes of a home win took a further knock when he saw Lewis Hamilton take pole with a scintillating lap in the final moments of today's session. Going quickest in all three sectors, the Briton finally stopped the clock at 1:21.164, the fastest lap ever recorded at the Albert Park circuit. 'That sucks,' said the Australian, for once the almost ever-present infectious grin missing from his face. 'It's frustrating,' he continued, 'because I think everyone else wants to see them get challenged a bit more, so that was a little bit of a punch in the stomach...
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