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Hamilton overjoyed with 'only' clean lap

– Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton expressed his delight after smashing the lap record to secure pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix.Hamilton sat fourth after the opening Q3 runs, behind team-mate Nico Rosberg and the two Ferraris, due to a mistake at the final corner.But he bounced back on his final lap to post a blistering 1:29.493, quicker than the previous track record, which was set in the V10 engine era."I'm really happy with that lap," said Hamilton."Throughout practice and qualifying I went around and did a lap, it wasn't quite perfect, Nico was ahead by a tenth or whatever, so to finally put it all together..."It was actually more of a pressured lap because...
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