Hamilton seizes on Vettel blunder for pole in Japan; Stroll in 14th

Lewis Hamilton said he believed Ferrari were cracking under the pressure of the championship fight after he claimed pole position for this morning’s Japanese Grand Prix.
Lance Stroll of Montreal qualified in 14th place in his Williams Mercedes.
Sebastian Vettel, who went in to the race 50 points behind Hamilton, lined up only ninth after an embarrassing tire blunder by Ferrari cost the German dearly in qualifying.
It did not help that Vettel, too, was culpable of another error as, in attem