Lewis Hamilton says he’s hoping the 2🌱017 Formula 1 season finale in Abu Dhabi doesn’t turn into “a train” as he wants a fight against Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas after seeing the Finn gr♎ab pole position.

Despite leading during free practice Hamilton conceded the cooler conditions for qualifying disturbed his balance in his Mercedes which let team-mate Bottas storm to his fourth pole position of the season by 0.172s – one the Finnish driver is determined to conve🦩rt to a win after missing out to Sebastian Vettel in Brazil in the last race.

But Hamilton is eager to take on his team-mate for victory as he prays for tyre “degradation or pit stops” to prꦫovide him opportunities to take on his fellow Mercedes driver at the Yas Marina 🃏circuit.

“What a lap, he just had an incredible qu𒐪alifying and congratulations to him,” Hamilton said. “The last qualifying of the year I gave it everything but I seem to lost a little bit of pace going into qualifying, Valtteri did an exceptional job🐟, so I’m really happy for him.

“I think I was up one-tenth and a half out of turn one and then lost it in turn five or six. Either way it has been an incredible year of qualifying🔜 and one I’ve really enjoyed.

“Practice had gone well this morning and I was really comfortable with the car. The track gets cooler from t🌞he afternoon so you make some changes to counteract that and I went too far with it. I struggled🐻 with the balance and I was giving it everything but I was fighting the car the whole time, she wasn’t too happy today.

“Natural♓ly we’ll try to have a race tomorrow I just hope it isn’t like a train tomorrow. I hope it is a battle tomorrow whether it is through degradation or pit stops or wh✨atever.”

Hamilton voiced his target of secur✱ing race wins to end his 2017 on a high after sealing the F1 world title w🧸ith two rounds to spare in Mexico, but after his qualifying crash in Brazil and losing to Bottas for pole in Abu Dhabi the newly-crowned four-time world champion as it all to do for his first victory since the United States Grand Prix.