Lewis Hamilton expressed relief at claiming pole position for Formula 1’s Russian Grand Prix after a session in which he encountered several setbacks. Hamilton went off-track in Q1, for which he was investigated and later cleared, and again erred on his first push lap in Q2. He was on the brink of setting a timed effort when Sebastian Vettel brought out the red flags after crashing heavily through Turn 4. Hamilton began his Q2 push lap with just one second remaining and was able to secure a spot in Q3, where he claimed pole position by over half a second. “It was one of the hardest qualifying sessions I can remember having being that everything was just so rushed and there was panic...
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