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Lewis HAMILTON: "This time was out of our reach"

For Lewis Hamilton, it was impossible to reach the pole position in yesterday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix qualifiers, as he admitted that the whip time of Max Verstappn’s time was unattainable.

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But a racer Mercedesa will start the race tomorrow on medium mixture gum, on the other hand, will be Verstappen footwear v soft mixture gum. Over the weekend, it seemed like it was Mercedes a better race car, but they failed to transfer that form to qualifying.

Hamilton will otherwise stand in the forefront, but admits that you are Verstappen deserves pole position. With the help of the breeze Sergio Pereza Verstappen turned time upside down and overtook Hamilton, who will be in second place, but without the help of a teammate Valtteria Bottas, which will start as the sixth. The stands erupted when she did Verstappen provided pole position and even whistled Hamilton, so it is clear who is the favorite of the locals. But Hamilton is indifferent.

"Max did a great lap today so we couldn’t compete with that time in the end. We were strong in training, we have a great audience, no matter the whistling. We couldn’t race today, but we’re in a great position tomorrow with our tires so we can have a good race. I lost some time in the first attempt and the second attempt was clean and I couldn’t go faster. I couldn’t beat that time, he deserves a pole. I’m still in the forefront and we have a difference with tires. I am grateful to see where it is and from there we can manage our race."     

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