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Daniel Moxon

Lewis Hamilton damages George Russell's chances as Sky Sports pundit discusses intention

Lewis Hamilton qualified fifth for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix – but after inadvertently knocking his Mercedes team-mate George Russell out of the session.

Russell was unlucky to not make the top 10 in qualifying on Friday, missing out by just four-thousandths of a second. That tiny margin was to Hamilton, who had also struggled for pace in Q2 but just scraped through.

The seven-time world champion fared better in the final part of the session and will start Sunday's race fifth on the grid. But Russell had to settle for 11th and has been left with a lot of work to do if he is to take home a significant number of points.

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