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Qualy: Norris takes pole position ahead of Sainz

Lando Norris pulled off the shock of the Russian GP weekend, so far at least, as he took pole position ahead of Carlos Sainz while Lewis Hamilton tagged the wall, finishing P4. On an afternoon where Hamilton had everything to gain with Max verstappen set to star the race down in 20th place, the Brit made a rare mistake, costing him the chance of pole position. While his rivals swapped to slick tyres for the final few minutes of qualifying, Hamilton's qualifying went from bad to worse as he had just one shot at a slick lap, struggled to get heat into his tyres and then spun. Norris took pole position, his first-ever in Formula 1, beating Sainz by 0.517s. George Russell put his Williams up...
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