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Valtteri Bottas frustrated after Hamilton steals pole

Valtteri Bottas was left frustrated in Baku after losing what could have been his second pole of 2017 to Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton, having been on top before the final runs.

Prior the red flag with 3m33s to go the Finn was on top, after Hamilton made a mistake on his first Q3 run. But while he improved on his own final run after the session restarted, Hamilton made a huge leap to grab pole.

“Definitely not clean enough,” he said of his final lap. “I think Lewis had a really good lap and I didn’t. I wasn’t quite comfortable with the tire temperatures.