After a restless Friday night, Lewis Hamilton admits he was not expecting to find enough time to claim pole for the Malaysian Grand Prix.
Hamilton and Mercedes endured a tricky Friday with an upgraded car, prompting the decision to switch the championship leader back to an old spec to compare to teammate Valtteri Bottas' car in FP3. Hamilton kept the old parts for qualifying and, after seeing title rival Sebastian Vettel hit engine trouble in Q1, turned in a blistering lap in Q3 to edge Kimi Raikkonen to the 70th pole position of his career -- one that left him over 0.