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Hamilton 'over-egged' his qualifying lap

Lewis Hamilton admitted he was pushing too hard when he lost control of his car on his final qualifying lap for the Russian Grand Prix and missed out on pole position.

Hamilton ended up 0.145s shy of Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas' pole lap -- the first time he has been outqualified by Bottas since the German Grand Prix in July when he had a hydraulics issue. His first attempt in Q3 had been just 0.004s off Bottas, but he said he knew his teammate would improve and he would have to push extra hard to match him. An uncharacteristic mistake in Turn 7 followed and saw Hamilton run wide on the exit.