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Lewis Hamilton reflects on "great start to the weekend"

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Lewis Hamilton speaks of his delight at securing pole position ahead of his teammate Nico Rosberg for the Australian Grand Prix.

World champion Lewis Hamilton has admitted that securing pole position for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix tomorrow morning has made it a "great start to the weekend" for him.

The British driver was 0.594 seconds quicker than his Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg in qualifying and a full 1.391 seconds clear of Felipe Massa in third spot.

Speaking to BBC Sport, the 30-year-old said: "It has been a great start to the weekend. It doesn't feel that long since the last race.

"It has been a big rush and huge effort form the factory to get us here with this performance. It is so much fun in qualifying and I am just massively grateful for all the hard work."

Hamilton has raced in Melbourne on eight previous occasions, winning just once back in 2008.

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