Russian Grand Prix: F1 live! | Michael Butler

Sunday, 12th October The Guardian

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10.55am BST

Michael will be here shortly. In the meantime, heres the qualifying report:

Lewis Hamilton continued his domination of the inaugural Russian Grand Prix to claim the 38th pole position of his Formula One career, but only after a major error from Valtteri Bottas.

After finishing comfortably quickest in the second and third practice runs around F1s newest venue, the Sochi Autodrom, Hamiltons Mercedes topped the timesheet in all three qualifying sessions and will lead away the field on Sunday.

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