Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton will start the Chinese Grand Prix from pole, as he edged ahead of his teammate Nico Rosberg by just four hundreths of a second.
"The car’s handling fantastically well this weekend, a lot better, in terms of the whole weekend, compared to how it was in Malaysia," said Hamilton in the post-qualifying press conference.
"At the end of the day this team continues to do an amazing job. The guys back at the factory did a great job to kind of regroup after the last race and bring some improvements for this weekend and I feel very grateful for that." Rosberg didn't hide his disappointment: "When it’s four hundredths, it’s nothing. So I was frustrated because it’s so close and of course I would have wanted to have pole today."
Still hot on the heels of Mercedes in third place, Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel once more outqualified his teammate Kimi Raikkonen, who is only sixth on the grid. "Obviously (Hamilton and Rosberg) were a bit quicker than we expected to be honest, but yeah I think P3 was our maximum today," the German admitted. "For tomorrow I think we should be a bit closer. How close we will find out."
Qualifying results* – Chinese Grand Prix (round 3 of 19) 1.Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes W06) - 1'35"782 - Q3 2.Nico Rosberg (Mercedes W06) - 1'35"824 - Q3 3.Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari SF15-T) - 1'36"687 - Q3 4.Felipe Massa (Williams FW37-Mercedes) - 1'36"954 - Q3 5.Valtteri Bottas (Williams FW37-Mercedes) - 1'37"143 - Q3 6.Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari SF15-T) - 1'37"232 - Q3 7.Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull RB11-Renault) - 1'37"540 - Q3 8.Romain Grosjean (Lotus E23-Renault) - 1'37"905 - Q3 9.Felipe Nasr (Sauber C34-Ferrari) - 1'38"067 - Q3 10.Marcus Ericsson (Sauber C34-Ferrari) - 1'38"158 - Q3 11.Pastor Maldonado (Lotus E23-Mercedes) - 1'38"134 - Q2 12.Daniil Kvyat (Red Bull RB11-Renault) - 1'38"209 - Q2 13.Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso STR10-Renault) - 1'38"393 - Q2 14.Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso STR10-Renault) - 1'38"538 - Q2 15.Sergio Perez (Force India VJM08-Mercedes) - 1'39"290 - Q2 16.Nico Hulkenberg (Force India VJM08-Mercedes) - 1'39"216 - Q1 17.Jensono Button (McLaren MP4/30-Honda) - 1'39"276 - Q1 18.Fernando Alonso (McLaren MP4/30-Honda) - 1'39"280 - Q1 19.Will Stevens (Manor-Ferrari) - 1'42"091 - Q1 20.Roberto Merhi (Manor-Ferrari) - 1'42"842 - Q1 *Unofficial results
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