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Hamilton takes pole for Russian GP
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WORLD championship leader Lewis Hamilton continued to dominate with a sizzling lap yesterday to secure pole position for the inaugural Russian Grand Prix in Sochi.
The 29-year-old Briton, winner of the last three grands prix, was fastest with a late lap at the new Sochi Autodrom to finish two-tenths of a second clear of his Mercedes teammate and title rival Nico Rosberg. The German, 10 points behind Hamilton in the championship with four races remaining, pushed hard to catch him, but was almost overhauled by Finn Valtteri Bottas in the final seconds, the Williams driver only missing out on a front row start when he slid off circuit at the penultimate corner.
It was Hamilton’s seventh pole this year and the 38th of his career and, for the Mercedes team another front row lockout, its ninth of the season ahead of today’s race in which it can clinch the constructors’ crown, ending Red Bull’s four year reign as team champion.
Briton Jenson Button took fourth place on the grid alongside Bottas. Local favorite Daniil Kvyat claimed a rousing fifth for Toro Rosso. Australian Daniel Ricciardo grabbed seventh for Red Bull.
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