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Hamilton vows to "never give up" after latest qualifying setback

Lewis Hamilton has said he will "never give up" in this year's Formula 1 championship chase despite suffering another setback to his title hopes in qualifying at Sochi.

Jamie Klein

Published: Apr 30, 2016, 1:15 PM

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The reigning champion was ruled out of the pole fight for the Russian Grand Prix when an MGU-H failure that struck on the outlap of his second Q2 run prevented him from taking part in Q3.

It means Hamilton qualified in 10th, but he faces a potential further grid drop if the team has to change the engine ahead of Sunday's race.

The Briton clarified the problem with the power unit was similar to that he suffered in China, which prevented him from setting a time in Q1 and forced him to start last.

Confirming which engine was in use at the time of the failure, Hamilton said: "The second engine [of the season] from the last race.

"Same failure I had in the last race as well. I went back out in Q2 at the end to get a feel of that and I lost the same power as I lost in China."

Hamilton recovered from last to finish in seventh in Shanghai, but left with a 36 point deficit to teammate Nico Rosberg in the points standings.

Asked about his aims for the Sochi race, Hamilton said: "Just try to recover from wherever I start tomorrow.

"There's nothing I can do [about these problems]. I never give up."

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