Hamilton dominates wet qualifying to take pole
Lewis Hamilton dominated qualifying in Shanghai to go unchallenged for pole position for the Chinese Grand Prix, his fourth at the circuit. The Briton led all three sessions as he made the best of the wet conditions, ultimately to go six-tenths quicker than Daniel Ricciardo in second. Ricciardo saved his best until Q3 to jump ahead of team-mate Sebastian Vettel in third by almost half a second, putting him 3-1 in the Red Bull team-mate battle. Nico Rosberg couldn’t match his Mercedes team-mate and looked under pressure as he ran wide on his second flying lap, chose to back-off for another, but span at the final turn as he once again pushed and exceeded the limit. Fernando Alonso was ‘best of the rest’ and unable to challenge Mercedes or Red Bull, but was easily ahead of Kimi Raikkonen. The Finn failing to make it out of Q2 and starts P11. Romain Grosjean was the surprise winner in the wet conditions to make the Q3 cut, albeit in tenth. Meanwhile the McLarens failed to escape the second session. Pastor Maldonado didn’t take part in qualifying thanks to an oil leak. Qualifying - 2014 Chinese Grand Prix
#Driver Team Q1Q2Q3
01 L. Hamilton Mercedes 1:55.516 1:54.029 1:53.860
02 D. Ricciardo Red Bull 1:56.641 1:55.302 1:54.455
03 S. Vettel Red Bull 1:56.058 1:54.499 1:54.960
04 N. Rosberg Mercedes 1:56.961 1:55.294 1:55.143
05 F. Alonso Ferrari 1:56.850 1:55.765 1:55.637
06 F. Massa Williams 1:56.501 1:56.757 1:56.147
07 V. Bottas Williams 1:56.501 1:56.253 1:56.282
08 N. Hulkenberg Force India 1:55.913 1:56.847 1:56.366
09 J. Vergne Toro Rosso 1:57.477 1:56.584 1:56.773
10 R. Grosjean Lotus 1:58.411 1:56.407 1:57.079
11 K. Raikkonen Ferrari 1:58.279 1:56.860
12 J. Button McLaren 1:57.783 1:56.953
13 D. Kvyat Toro Rosso 1:57.261 1:57.289
14 A. Sutil Sauber 1:58.138 1:57.393
15 K. Magnussen McLaren 1:57.369 1:57.675
16 S. Perez Force India 1:58.362 1:58.264
17 E. Gutierrez Sauber 1:58.988
18 K. Kobayashi Caterham 1:59.260
19 J. Bianchi Marussia 1:59.326
20 M. Ericsson Caterham 2:00.646
21 M. Chilton Marussia 2:00.865
22 P. Maldonado Lotus No Time
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