Hamilton takes pole in Australia

Lewis Hamilton got his bid for the Formula One world championship off to the perfect start after taking pole position for tomorrow’s Australian Grand Prix.

Sat, 15 Mar, 2008 - 08:56

Lewis Hamilton got his bid for the Formula One world championship off to the perfect start after taking pole position for tomorrow’s Australian Grand Prix.

The McLaren driver’s time of one minute 26.714 seconds was good enough to edge out Robert Kubica’s BMW Sauber by 0.155secs, with team-mate Heikki Kovalainen third.

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