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Lewis Hamilton beaten to Russian GP pole by Valtteri Bottas
Valtteri Bottas beat Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton to pole position as Mercedes dominated qualifying at the Russian Grand Prix.
Bottas edged Hamilton by 0.145 seconds after the world champion made mistakes in the middle sector on both his laps in the final top 10 shootout.
Hamilton's title rival Sebastian Vettel will start third but the Ferrari was 0.556 seconds off the pace.
Kimi Raikkonen missed beating Vettel with a mistake at the final corner.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/2018/russian-grand-prix/results/qualifying
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1