BOITUMELO RANTAO DEFENDING world champion Lewis Hamilton delivered a class performance, when he needed to and claimed his 96th pole position in qualifying at the Russian GP in dramatic fashion. The pole position gives Hamilton a golden chance to claim his 91st victory and equal the great Michael Schumacher’s record. Hamilton found himself in last place with two minutes left in the second qualifying session, following a red flag after a Ferrari crash. The champion then produced a sensational lap, a new track record at Sochi, with just 1.25 seconds left in the session. He admitted that it was not…