Hamilton on pole

Lewis Hamilton claimed his first pole position of the season as McLaren locked out the front row for tomorrow’s European Grand Prix in Valencia.

Sat, 22 Aug, 2009 - 15:19

Lewis Hamilton claimed his first pole position of the season as McLaren locked out the front row for tomorrow’s European Grand Prix in Valencia.

The Briton, fresh from winning his first race of the season last time out in Hungary, posted a time of one minute 38.498 seconds to beat team-mate Heikki Kovalainen to top spot by less than a tenth of a second.

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