QUALIFYING REPORT
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ercedes driver Lewis Hamilton powered towards the 63rd pole position
of his career in Shanghai, edging out Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel by just
under two tenths of a second, with the German claiming second spot
on the grid ahead of the second Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas by just 1000th of a
second.
Hamilton was the first to make a move in Q1 setting the early pace with a
time of 1:33.333. Team-mate Bottas then slotted into P2, four-tenths behind the
three-time champion.