SHANGHAI (AP) β Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton held off a strong challenge from teammate Nico Rosberg to claim pole position at the Chinese Grand Prix qualifying on Saturday.
Hamilton’s time of 1 minute, 35.782 seconds was just 0.04 seconds faster than Rosberg.
Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, who surprisingly beat both Mercedes drivers to win the Malaysian GP two weeks ago, qualified third in qualifying but was nearly 1 second behind Hamilton.
Williams’ drivers Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas will start fourth and fifth in Sunday’s race, respectively.
Rounding out the top 10 were Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen, Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo, Lotus’ Romain Grosjean, and the two Sauber drivers, Felipe Nasr and Marcus Ericsson.
