“I am not 100%,” Hamilton said after losing out in the fight for pole to Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and his Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas. So I am not 100% the same as I was last time I raced. Lando Norris in fourth, just over 0.2secs from pole, was an even bigger surprise than Verstappen’s performance. “We have been confident all weekend, we have been doing a good job and the car has been much nicer than last weekend. “I am happy because I felt like I did a very good lap. “For now, we have to concentrate on maximising our own race, looking ahead and not behind.

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