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Hamilton disappointed with qualifying

Lewis Hamilton was left disappointed after going third fastest in qualifying for the French Grand Prix, behind the two Ferraris. However, with his penalty from the Canadian Grand Prix, that means the McLaren driver will start tomorrow's race from thirteenth on the grid.

There is a precedent, however as Raikkonen started the race from thirteenth several years ago and still finished second.

"Kimi has shown that you can do it before," Hamilton said. "It's quite a disappointing qualifying for me and I apologise to the team because in my first lap I had a mistake that lost me three tenths. That's life but I was pushing and I was trying to get the most out of the car. We'll push very hard tomorrow."

"The penalty doesn't help, but you know entering the weekend you're coming here to win and you're feeling confident and comfortable but you automatically have a ten-place penalty," he added. "Rules are rules I guess and we'll just do the best job we can, learn from it and make sure we don't do it again."

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