Lewis Hamilton grabs 66th pole ahead of team-mate Valtteri Bottas in Azerbaijan

Updated 24/06/2017 at 15:18 GMT+1

Lewis Hamilton clinched his 66th pole position in leading a Mercedes one-two in qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain driving the (44) Mercedes in Azerbaijan

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Hamilton made it an all silver arrows front row with team-mate Valtteri Bottas coming in ahead of Ferrari duo Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel.

In topping the timesheets, Hamilton has moved to within two pole positions of Michael Schumacher's record, surpassing his hero Ayrton Senna's mark of 65.

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