Lewis Hamilton describes his own tally of 100 pole positions as “crazy” after his result in qualifying at the Spanish Grand Prix, and recalled of his first pole in Canada back in 2007. The championship leader had to be at his best to beat Max Verstappen in Barcelona, with the pair separated by just 0.036s after Verstappen had shown Red Bull’s hand in Q2. The pole is Hamilton’s second of the year and makes him the first Formula 1 driver to reach three figures, and he says it’s a tough number to compute. “Naturally, we’ve only just got out of the car so it’s difficult to assess in the moment but wow,” Hamilton said. “I’ve been racing a long time and the 100-mark is...
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