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5th April 2014, 22:10
Lewis Hamilton had arguably been favourite to claim pole position in Bahrain, but lost out by a quarter of a second to Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg.
Hamilton insisted the German's performance was no surprise however, and says he will need to work hard overnight to overhaul Rosberg's advantage ahead of the third Grand Prix of the season.
Q: Lewis, you were fastest in all three practice sessions but lost out to your team mate in qualifying. Does this upset you?
Lewis Hamilton: No, this is okay. I am happy for Nico, as he has worked hard all weekend long, and he just did a better job today. It seems that he has felt more and more comfortable in the car as we have gone through the weekend, and maybe it has been a little bit of the opposite for me. Even though the results of the free practices list me as first, I think he has been quicker than me on these days as well.
Nevertheless we are both on the front row and it will be an interesting race tomorrow. Hopefully I will do better then.
Q: Can you talk us through your flying laps in the final qualifying session?
LH: Well my first lap was okay, it wasn
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Hamilton insisted the German's performance was no surprise however, and says he will need to work hard overnight to overhaul Rosberg's advantage ahead of the third Grand Prix of the season.
Q: Lewis, you were fastest in all three practice sessions but lost out to your team mate in qualifying. Does this upset you?
Lewis Hamilton: No, this is okay. I am happy for Nico, as he has worked hard all weekend long, and he just did a better job today. It seems that he has felt more and more comfortable in the car as we have gone through the weekend, and maybe it has been a little bit of the opposite for me. Even though the results of the free practices list me as first, I think he has been quicker than me on these days as well.
Nevertheless we are both on the front row and it will be an interesting race tomorrow. Hopefully I will do better then.
Q: Can you talk us through your flying laps in the final qualifying session?
LH: Well my first lap was okay, it wasn
More... (http://www.formula1.com/news/interviews/2014/4/15685.html)